Bank of Finland. Bulletin

Abstract

Monetary policy and the economic outlook 3

Controlling foreign exchange settlement risk 10 by Risto Herrala and Risto Nieminen

Items: Breakdown of Finnish residents' stock of outward portfolio investment by country group and country, 31 December 1997 Publication of the Bank of Finland 13

Measures concerning monetary and foreign exchange policy and the financial markets 15

Monetary policy instruments 16

Finland in brief 20

Statistics List of tables on page S1

Charts List of charts on page S29