Finland and its Northern peers in the Great Recession

"The report focuses on the relative macroeconomic performance since the global financial crisis of six Northern European countries with a special emphasis on Finland. While fiscal and monetary policies have definitely impacted on macroeconomic outcomes in the six countries examined, as a whole...

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Main Authors: Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki, Suni, Paavo, Vihriälä, Vesa
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Helsinki 2016
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19107735124919259179-Finland-and-its-Northern-peers.htm
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author Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki
Suni, Paavo
Vihriälä, Vesa
author_facet Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki
Suni, Paavo
Vihriälä, Vesa
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description "The report focuses on the relative macroeconomic performance since the global financial crisis of six Northern European countries with a special emphasis on Finland. While fiscal and monetary policies have definitely impacted on macroeconomic outcomes in the six countries examined, as a whole they do not appear to be the key driving forces of the differences observed between the countries. The initial vulnerabilities, the nature of shocks and the resilience of the economies appear more important in explaining the differences. In particular, the weakness of growth in Finland can best be explained by a series of exceptional negative shocks in combination with a too weak capacity of the economy to improve its cost competitiveness in the absence of exchange rate flexibility."
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geographic Denmark
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
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institution ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
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is_hierarchy_title Finland and its Northern peers in the Great Recession
language English
physical 33 p.
Digital
publishDate 2016
publisher Helsinki
ETLA
spellingShingle Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki
Suni, Paavo
Vihriälä, Vesa
comparison
competitiveness
economic recession
fiscal policy
macroeconomics
Finland and its Northern peers in the Great Recession
title Finland and its Northern peers in the Great Recession
topic comparison
competitiveness
economic recession
fiscal policy
macroeconomics
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19107735124919259179-Finland-and-its-Northern-peers.htm