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National accounts for the first quarter of 2015
(30.06.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2015
According to the most recent quarterly national accounts, real GDP in the first quarter of 2015 contracted by 0.1% quarter on quarter but remained unchanged year on year. The quarterly national accounts data signal a broadly ...
Global economic growth will gain momentum in the forecast period
(30.06.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2015
Global economic growth will gain momentum in the forecast period. The sliding oil price will benefit oil-importing countries. In the euro area, the Extended Asset Purchase Programme (EAPP) has reduced funding costs, improved ...
Forecast risks predominantly on the downside
(18.12.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 5/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 5/2015
Growth in corporate investment and exports is expected to be reflected in slowly improving output in the immediate years ahead. Nevertheless, owing to increased uncertainties in the global economy, there is a possibility ...
Abenomics: three years – the big ship turns slowly
(13.04.2016)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2016
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2016
For the past three years or so, Japan has pursued an economic policy named after Prime Minister Abe as abenomics, with the intention of putting the country back on a path of sustainable economic growth via expansionary ...
The Finnish economy is returning to growth
(23.06.2016)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
The Finnish economy is returning to growth. Economic data have strengthened, and leading indicators suggest growth continuing through the forecast years. However, this growth is entirely dependent on domestic demand, and ...
Achievement of the employment objective requires faster economic growth
(23.06.2016)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
One of the key objectives of the Government Programme is to raise the employment rate to 72% by the end of the parliamentary term. This means increasing the current number of people in employment by just over 100,000 by ...
Is Finland following the same path as Japan?
(23.06.2016)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2016
Finland is now facing problems similar to those with which Japan has already struggled for more than a decade. The population is ageing, and slow economic growth is not generating sufficient funds to cover swelling public ...
Corona crisis has increased the risk of stagnation in the euro area
(09.11.2020)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 5/2020
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 5/2020
Stagnation is a period of slow economic growth often characterised by low interest rates and low inflation. It is most commonly associated with the development of the Japanese economy since the early 1990s. In the euro ...
Chinese GDP in Wonderland
(25.05.2021)
Bank of Finland Bulletin. Blog
Bank of Finland Bulletin. Blog
The real-world nature of China’s official gross domestic product reporting has been dubious for years. Suspicions grew when the realised figures as reported remarkably matched up with the publicly announced GDP growth ...
Are weakly profitable firms suppressing economic growth?
(06.07.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2018
Unprofitable ‘zombie’ firms have been on the rise in Finland, both proportionately and in absolute terms, since the beginning of the 2000s. At most, they have accounted for approximately 10% of all labour and capital ...