Economic Review (Kansallis) articles

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Finland's choices in Europe - benefits need to be secured.
September 22, 1994... Finland, Sweden and Norway will each have to decide their relationship with Europe in a consultative referendum. Austria has made its choice already, it will join the European Union. This is a choice of policy, which will determine the direction of the future. According to all studies, the...

The structural crisis of the economy.
September 22, 1994... In the 1990s Finnish economic policy has been able to react, but unfortunately not to foresee. The collapse of trade with the Soviet Union revealed the real weakness of the Finnish economic structure. In the private sector the excess capacity of the home-market industries and services has been...

Outlook for the Finnish economy.
September 22, 1994... The Finnish economy is growing, but at what pace? In the course of the current year it has become clear that the Finnish economy has again embarked on a growth path. Measured by total output, the turnabout took place in the third quarter of 1993. In the first half of the current year, total...

The Finnish economy.
September 22, 1994... I Foreign trade and the current account Recovery of export markets further improves export prospects Finland's main export markets have strengthened clearly in the course of the current year. Earlier, exports increased substantially thanks to improved competitiveness, but now exports are...

The Finnish financial market.
September 22, 1994... I Monetary policy, interest rates and the value of the markka A flatter yield curve? Long interest rates, i.e., bond yields, have been in upward motion since early February. The shortest market rates, i.e., Helibor rates, remained moderately stable up to late spring, but they also tried to...