Bank of Finland. Bulletin

Abstract

Inflation, monetary policy and economic performance 3

The present state of the Finnish banking sector and the outlook for the next few years 8 by Heikki Koskenkylä

Act on the Bank of Finland made compatible with Stage Three of EMU 13 by Paavo Peisa and Maritta Vehmas

Items: Matti Vanhala appointed as Governor of the Bank of Finland Bank of Finland sold 60 per cent of Setec Oy's shares to Finnish institutional investors Commemorative coin for the 250th anniversary of the fortress island of Suomenlinna 16 Publications of the Bank of Finland

Measures concerning monetary and foreign exchange policy and the financial markets 18 Monetary policy instruments 19

Finland in brief 22

Statistics List of tables on page S1

Charts List of charts on page S29