Finnish Economic Policy Council’s Publication Seminar, 28 January 2025

The Finnish Economic Policy Council published its annual assessment of the government’s economic policy and the sustainability of public finances on Tuesday, 28 January 2025. The 2024 report focused on wellbeing services counties and their finances.

The publication seminar was mainly held in Finnish, with some parts in English on the day of publication.

Program:

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.