Finland and Its Northern Peers in the Great Recession

Paavo Suni and Vesa Vihriälä

No 49, ETLA Reports from The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Macro economy; Fiscal policy; Monetary union; Competitiveness; Finland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E63 E65 F45 F47 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2016-01-15
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