The Finnish Economic Policy Council publishes its annual assessment of the government’s economic policy and the sustainability of public finances on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. The 2024 report focuses on wellbeing services counties and their finances. A seminar to discuss the report will be held in the afternoon. The publication seminar will mainly be in Finnish, with some parts in English.
The Finnish Economic Policy Council will publish its annual assessment of the government’s economic policy and the sustainability of public finances on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. The 2024 report focuses on wellbeing services counties and their finances. The report will be available on the council’s website at 10am, on the day of publication.
Seminar
A seminar discussing the report by the Finnish Economic Policy Council will be held on the day of publication.
Time: Tue, 28 Jan, 1:00–3:00 PM
Place: Economicum Auditorium | Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki
If you wish to receive the report before the seminar, please sign up (in Finnish) for the event by Monday January 27. Otherwise, registration is not required. If you just want the report link, please use this link. The publication seminar will mainly be in Finnish, with some parts in English. The event will not be streamed.
Program
In the seminar, the Chair of the Finnish Economic Policy Council, Professor Niku Määttänen, will present the new report. Comments on the report will be provided by Finance Minister Riikka Purra and Martti Hetemäki, Professor of Practice at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics and former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. Council member, Professor Hilde Bjørnland (BI Norwegian Business School) will deliver an address on the report in English. The second part of the seminar features a panel discussion chaired by Jenni Jaakkola, Secretary General of the Finnish Economic Policy Council.
13:00 Economic Policy Council Report 2024
- Overview of the report, Professor Niku Määttänen (Chair of the Economic Policy Council)
- Comment, Minister of Finance Riikka Purra
- Comment, Professor of Practice Martti Hetemäki (Helsinki GSE)
14:00 Address on the report, Professor of Economics Hilde Bjørnland (BI Norwegian Business School), member of the Finnish Economic Policy Council
14:15 Panel discussion
Chair: Secretary General Jenni Jaakkola (Economic Policy Council)
Discussants: Members of the Economic Policy Council:
- Professor of Macroeconomics Niku Määttänen, University of Helsinki and Helsinki GSE
- Professor of Urban Economics Tuukka Saarimaa, Aalto University and Helsinki GSE
- Professor of Social Policy Liisa Häikiö, Tampere University
- Professor of Practice Seija Ilmakunnas, University of Jyväskylä
Discussion
15.00 The discussion continues over coffee.
If you wish to receive the report before the seminar, please please sign up (in Finnish) for the event by Monday January 27. Otherwise, registration is not required. If you just want the report link, please use this link. The event will not be streamed.
Further information:
Jenni Jaakkola, Secretary General, jenni.jaakkola@vatt.fi, Tel. +358 29 551 9508