The responsibilities of the Economic Policy Council have expanded following its new role as an independent fiscal institution, which came into effect on 1 January
The Economic Policy Council has begun carrying out its new statutory responsibilities by endorsing the Ministry of Finance’s macroeconomic forecast. Going forward, the council will
In aggregate, the measures adopted by the government to date clearly strengthen public finances. Nevertheless, the public debt-to-GDP ratio is not stabilising in line with
The Finnish Economic Policy Council will publish its annual assessment of the government’s economic policy and the sustainability of public finances on Monday, 2 February
Two new council members to start their term on April 1 The Government has appointed Johanna Wallenius from the Stockholm School of Economics and Professor
The fiscal policy decisions made last spring support the government’s economic objectives. However, weak economic performance and the rapidly rising costs faced by wellbeing services