Olli Rehn
Olli Rehn on demographics, geopolitics and ECB policy
The Bank of Finland governor speaks about immigration and productivity, private credit and stablecoin risks, the mood on the governing council and the impact of conflict in the Middle East
People: ECB creates task force to simplify regulation
Plus: Kocher takes over as head of Austria’s central bank
People: July to September 2025
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
People: Olli Rehn to chair ECB’s audit committee
Plus: Gita Gopinath to step down as IMF’s first deputy managing director
Rehn: ‘Last thing we need is a trade war between allies’
Bank of Finland governor criticises Trump administration’s tariffs and “appeasement” of Russia
Olli Rehn appointed to second term at Bank of Finland
Governor joins European central bankers in warning of economic and geopolitical uncertainty
Central Banking Awards 2025: first winners announced
Awards go to central bank of the year, reserve manager, risk manager and more
ESRB views US financial deregulation ‘with concern’
Vice-chair Olli Rehn announces new communication drive as “memory of last financial crisis fades”
Rehn reiterates need for inquiry into demographics, inflation
Europeans need to ready themselves for trade fragmentation, says Bank of Finland governor
‘Unpredictable’ risk driven by AI, geopolitics – Lagarde, Buch, Rehn
European supervisors call for caution – and more authority – at ESRB annual conference
IMF review of Russia’s economy ‘postponed indefinitely’
Regular Article IV consultation cancelled after international pressure
Central banks should examine demographics – Finnish governor
Rehn says sharp decrease in hours worked and increased immigration may not continue
Banknotes: July to September 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Higher-for-longer inflation remains risk – Bank of Finland chief
Political uncertainty in eurozone dominating discussions in Frankfurt, says Olli Rehn
People: July to September 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Finnish governor Rehn will run for president
Marja Nykänen will be acting governor of Bank of Finland while Tuomas Välimäki takes ECB role
Olli Rehn selected as ESRB’s first vice-chair
Bank of Finland governor replaces former Sveriges Riksbank governor Stefan Ingves
Finland’s payments must be ready for emergencies, governor says
Rehn praises public-private emergency partnership but calls for “even higher level” of readiness
New inflation target set to bind ECB to ‘lower for longer’ strategy
Symmetric 2% target should allow council to boost APP purchases as Pepp is phased out, say analysts
‘Run it hot’: the risks and rewards of a new policy era
Covid-19 has added impetus to an emerging intellectual shift in policy-making. But central banks face unresolved issues – on expectations, on fiscal policy, and on the capacity of the economy to ‘run hot’
A return of the inflation monster?
There are fears that a shift in intellectual approach towards running economies ‘hot’ could herald a return of the money-eating inflation era