Finnish Financial Report

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FINNISH FINANCIAL REPORT

Table of Contents

1 Describing Finnish economy using key economic indicators 1

2 Finnish economy for the moment 2

3 Factors that are/were hindering/supporting economic growth 3

3.1 Positive factors affecting Finnish economy 3

3.2 Negative factors affecting Finnish economy 4

4 Business cycle for the moment 4

5 Comparing Finland to Euro Zone and US 5

6 Important indicators 5

7 Finnish economic future 7

7.1 Household assets in Finland now and in the future 7

7.2 Companies in industry and service sectors 7

7.2.1 Companies in industry sector 7

7.2.2 Companies in service sectors 8

7.3 Government finances 8

8 Bibliography 10

1 Describing Finnish economy using key economic indicators

According to the official website: Statistics Finland, the future is looking a bit brighter than what we have been experienced since the recession of 2009 thus far.

Some key statistical data has been given on the website, and the situation is as follows:

• Industrial output - As one the most important pillars of a country’s economy, we chose to mention it first in our statistics section: Industrial output of Finland has been decreasing in the last period, namely in March 2014, just a month ago, the industrial output has decreased by 5% YoY. In the chart you will find below, you can see all the main industrial output factors sorted by industry they belong to, which have all been decreasing except chemical industry which is the only sector that has been growing in the recent months.

Unemployment rate – According to statistics, the unemployment rate has gone up since the last year, and is currently sitting at 9,5% in March 2014, as opposed to figure of around 9% in the same period last year.

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...uarter of 2013. During 2013, the growth has been 8.6 billion €. All of these indicators sum up to a rela-tively positive outlook for future, and as the experts say, we can hope for the best.

8 Bibliography

Various websites providing relevant and up-to-date information on the topics contained in this report.

• The material provided during the course, and our Moodle website

• http://www.bbvaresearch.com/KETD/ketd/ing/nav/tematicas/analisis_macroeconomico/historico/flash/coyuntura/index.jsp

• http://www.stat.fi/til/khi/2014/03/khi_2014_03_2014-04-14_tie_001_en.html

• http://www.stat.fi/til/tyti/2014/03/tyti_2014_03_2014-04-24_tie_001_en.html

• http://economics.about.com/od/unemployment-category/a/Measuring-Unemployment.htm

• http://www.blancco.com/en/company-info/press-releases/2013/strongest-company-in-finland-award/

• http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/

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