Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201331 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Report No. 49
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
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.
Subjects: 
Macro economy
Fiscal policy
Monetary union
Competitiveness
Finland
JEL: 
F45
F47
E63
E65
P52
Document Type: 
Research Report

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