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Commitment to accommodative monetary policy benefits economic outlook
(18.05.2015)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2015
Euro area inflation, core inflation and both short and long-term inflation expectations declined strongly during the second half of 2014. As a result of the prolonged period of exceptionally weak price developments, the ...
Changes in the economy challenge traditional methods of evaluating monetary policy
(28.09.2017)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2017
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2017
Euro area monetary policy has provided the economy with strong support in recent years. Many traditional guidelines used for evaluating the policy stance, such as the Taylor rule, would call for a more restrictive form of ...
Outlook deteriorated rapidly : can this be turned around?
(03.04.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
Global economic growth is expected to remain somewhat slower in 2019 than the previous year. Growth is expected to abate gradually in the United States amid the fading effects of the fiscal stimulus. China’s economic growth ...
The ECB's targeted longer-term refinancing operations have increased bank lending to the private sector
(04.04.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
In recent years, the ECB has supported bank lending in the euro area by offering long-term financing to banks. The aim of the longer-term refinancing operations (LTROs), the most recent one in particular, was to encourage ...
Editorial : Monetary policy remains accommodative, net asset purchases about to end
(06.07.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 3/2018
Monetary policy has remained decidedly accommodative in the euro area, all throughout the different phases of the global financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis and the once-looming threat of deflation. To begin with, key ...
Bank of Finland Bulletin: Bank of Finland articles on the economy 1/2019
(03.04.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2019
Euro area productivity growth could slow further in the event of a downturn
(03.10.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
The euro area productivity slowdown in the early 2000s can mainly be attributed to weakening innovation. However, since 2008 productivity growth has slowed due to a crisis-induced drop in technology adoption. This implies ...
Slightly negative central bank interest rates ease financial conditions
(12.11.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
Negative interest rates have been an integral part of the ECB's overall monetary accommodation for just over five years now. The ECB lowering its deposit facility below zero has especially reduced the cost of market-based ...
The Eurosystem’s two-tier system for remunerating excess liquidity holdings
(12.11.2019)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 4/2019
As a part of the broad monetary policy stimulus package introduced at its September meeting, the Governing Council of the ECB decided to introduce a two-tier system for reserve remuneration. The goal of the system is to ...
Expansionary economic policy boosts growth
(27.04.2018)
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2018
Bank of Finland. Bulletin 1/2018
The growth outlook for the global economy is strong. Growth is supported by a synchronized expansion in several key economic regions, accommodative monetary policy, and fiscal stimulus in the United States. China continues ...