After a large drop in the first half of 2020, Finland regained its pre-COVID-19 GDP level by mid-2021. Policies to support incomes during and after the pandemic contributed to the powerful economic rebound. However, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has boosted inflation, slashing household spending power and consumer confidence.
By Laurence Boone, Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department; and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Following a period when homelessness… Read More »Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
by Naomitsu Yashiro*, Tomi KyyräƗ, Hyunjeong Hwang* and Juha Tuomalaǂ Across OECD countries, promoting longer working lives is an important… Read More »Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence From Finland
by Naomitsu Yashiro, OECD Economics Department In the context of the large economic contraction and debt build-up in the wake… Read More »Boosting employment in post-COVID Finland
By David Carey, Economics Department. The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged Finland into a deep recession, albeit milder than in most… Read More »Finland: Recovering from the COVID-19 crisis
Mr. Jon Pareliussen, Economist, Sweden/Finland desk, Economics Department The Nordics are rightly renowned for being inclusive societies with low inequality compared to… Read More »A balancing act: Why inequality increased in the Nordics
By Christophe André and Jon Kristian Pareliussen, OECD Economics Department After a long period of lacklustre economic performance, robust growth… Read More »Finland: growing and reforming, but no time for complacency
By Jon Kristian Pareliussen, Economist, OECD Economics Department “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up… Read More »Why would a universal credit be better than a basic income for Finland?
