Rise in services prices has made Finland an expensive country
(30.06.2015)
Volyymi
89Numero
3/2015Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2015
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201507011314Tiivistelmä
Consumer prices have risen in Finland at a higher pace than in the euro area. This has eroded Finnish consumers' purchasing power and weakened the competitiveness of the economy. Of household expenditure, approximately 40% is services-related, and Finnish services prices, in particular, have risen at a relatively rapid pace. Since the financial crisis, domestic services prices have risen by over 10% compared with the euro area average. Finnish services price inflation has been the highest in the euro area.