Bank of Finland

Payments after 2010

A new book from payments visionary Harry Leinonen of the Bank of Finland looks at how people will make and receive payments in the second decade of the 21st century and beyond.

Why do growth rates differ?

Differences in growth rates can be largely explained by capital deepening and an ability to produce new technology in the form of patents, research published by the Bank of Finland finds.

Payments industry lacks competition

If we want to speed up the development in payment services, we need to increase competition in the market, said Erkki Liikanen, the governor of the Bank of Finland.

Anchoring inflation key - Finland's Liikanen

The anchoring of inflation expectations in line with price stability is of prime importance, said Erkki Liikanen, the governor of the Bank of Finland. Rising commodity prices should not be allowed to generate second round effects on euro area inflation.

Bank of Finland to cease Baltic monitoring

The Bank of Finland will end its monitoring of the Baltic states from next year, the Baltic News Service reports. The bank said the states have in a way reached a watershed and at a certain point the transition is regarded as complete.

ECB plans for reform may run into problems

Plans to reform the European Central Bank, including cutting the voting power of smaller European Union member states, are expected to run into trouble this week. Some Finnish MPs claim Paavo Lipponen, their prime minister, assured them that the Bank of…

Bank of Finland Bulletin No. 2, 2001

RESEARCH - The Bank of Finland has published its second bulletin of 2001. It includes articles on the Bank of Finland's macroeconomic forecast 2001-2003 and looks at the Eurosystem's monetary policy instruments.

Best practice-monitoring financial stability risks

CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - The Bank for International Settlements has published a new book "Marrying the macro- and microprudential dimensions of financial stability" which is contributed to by senior central bankers from all round the world and looks at…

Moral Hazard Issues in Banking-BoF conference

SEMINAR - The Bank of Finland and the Centre for Economic and Policy Research are holding a conference on "Moral Hazard Issues in Banking" from Mar 15-16, 2001. A number of distinguished economists and central bankers are presenting papers. The programme…

Euro & Talous - Bank of Finland quarterly

RESEARCH PAPER - It would be wrong to think that the positive developments in central government finances in Finland in 2000 have opened the way for a permanent increase in government spending, since the growth of tax revenue is likely to slow…

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