June

Finland

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

Current account in deficit of 0.4 billion

The Nomad Today 8/13/20

The value of goods exports in balance of payments terms declined by 7% year-on-year and totaled 4.8 billion euros.

Work

Eurozone unemployment climbs to 7.8%

The Nomad Today 7/30/20

Finland remains slightly below the eurozone average.

Finland

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Unemployment rose sharply in June

The Nomad Today 7/21/20

The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 162,700 year-on-year. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, or 1.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Finland

INFLATION

Consumer prices rose in June as the economy gradually reopened

The Nomad Today 7/14/20

Core inflation, which excludes the prices of the most volatile items such as food and energy, was 0.3% in June.

Finland

BUSINESS

Car sales still sunk

The Nomad Today 7/6/20

Only 8,023 new passenger cars were registered in June, 23.9% down from the year before.

Finland

CONSUMERS

Finns' confidence in the economy back to pre-coronavirus levels

The Nomad Today 6/29/20

 The clearest improvement was seen in expectations concerning Finland's economy in 12 months' time.