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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 ...
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 ...
Bank of Finland forecast: Slowing growth in the shadow of global uncertainties
(03.07.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2019
Finland’s economic growth will slow in the forecast period to close to its potential rate. GDP will grow 1.6% in 2019 and 1.5% in 2020. Thereafter, the pace of growth will ease to 1.3% in 2021.
Growth continues, outlook more moderate
(18.10.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
The outlook for global economic growth has moderated from the spring. Growth in international trade has decelerated. Confidence in the economic outlook remains fairly strong, but trade tensions, in particular, are a downside ...
Secular stagnation : A false alarm in the euro area?
(04.10.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2018
Worries about secular stagnation, a prolonged period of low growth, arose after the Great Recession. In the euro area, such fears may appear misguided given sound growth, tightening labour markets and expectations of gradual ...