Erkki Liikanen

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.

ECB in a quandary as inflation rises sharply

The European Union's statistics office said on Monday 31 March that consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.5% this month from 3.2% in February, the biggest rise since June 1992, further exacerbating the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy…

Liikanen on the growth of Finland

In the speech 'The growth of Finland - from a small, underdeveloped country to one of the world's high tech elite' given on March 26 Erkki Liikanen of the Bank of Finland said there are significant risks and policy challenges in the horizon for the…

Liikanen on the cash single shared platform

In the speech 'CashSSP - the cash single shared platform' given on 16 March Erkki Liikanen of the Bank of Finland said we expect that all Eurosystem central banks can and will participate in the emerging division of labour on the basis of reasonable…

Liikanen on regional economic integration

In the speech 'Regional economic integration and monetary cooperation' given on 1 February Erkki Liikanen of the Bank of Finland said the role of monetary integration has been of decisive importance in the European context.

ECB's Liikanen sees inflation risks

European Central Bank Governing Council member, Erkki Liikanen, said there were still upside risks to inflation in the eurozone, Finnish national broadcaster YLE reported on Tuesday 2 January.