Economic Outlook
Economic data has been weaker in all the major economies during the summer and labour markets are weakening. This could encourage China to ease fiscal policy further, and the western central banks are expected to cut rates.
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Economic Outlook
The modest growth that has long characterised the global economy continues. But much indicates that growth will increasingly be driven by Europe. There are prospects of rate cuts in most countries, but the persistently high inflation requires very careful timing and dosage of monetary policy easing.
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Economic Outlook
The Finnish economy has underperformed the rest of the eurozone over the past two years. Private consumption has gone down in Finland, as higher interest rates have hit households hard. However, most of the gap to the rest of the eurozone is due to the sharp decrease in residential construction in Finland.
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Economic Outlook
We saw the first positive signs for the Finnish economy in the first half of the year. The gradual recovery in consumer purchasing power and lower interest rates are expected to send the Finnish economy back on a growth track.
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Nordea On Your Mind
Nordic corporates have bet big and succeeded in sustainability – Can they keep it up? Hear Johan Trocmé, Viktor Sonebäck and Jonas Ankjaer talk you through the findings from their latest Nordea On Your Mind, ‘Nordic sustainability champions'.
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Digital banking
Nova, our chatbot, is expected to engage in more than seven million customer chats this year. According to Anders Nicander, Head of One Digital, the quality of chatbots has improved significantly within the last couple of years.
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Sustainability
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is transforming corporate sustainability reporting in the EU. Learn why the "double materiality assessment" is crucial, and how Nordea is helping clients navigate the new reporting requirements.
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Corporate insights
Meet Kristoffer Jansell, aka Mr. AutoFX, one of the drivers behind Nordea’s cutting-edge automation tools for FX and treasury operations. Kristoffer shares his career journey, insights into the future of treasury automation and how Nordea is working to stay at the forefront of innovation.
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Sustainability
A groundbreaking initiative by leading global companies including Microsoft, IKEA and Volvo Cars aims to revolutionise how industries report and validate their greenhouse gas emissions. Mats Lundberg, Head of Sustainability at Sandvik, explains how the MASSIV+ partnership is working to resolve the pain points of today’s emissions reporting structure.
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Corporate insights
Nordea Equities' ESG Research team has published the annual update of its ESG ratings based on around 300 companies' published 2023 data. ESG remains firmly in focus for Nordic companies, although momentum has slowed in some metrics.
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Insights
Sopot, Poland recently hosted an engaging panel debate organised by the European Financial Congress and EY Poland. The session, entitled "AI or ESG – which revolution is more challenging? The employee/manager perspective in an organization", brought together leading experts from the financial sector to share their insights on the challenges and opportunities of AI and ESG.
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Sustainability
Net zero is a term used when talking about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including CO₂ emissions. The term “net-zero emissions” refers to making sure that the same amount of greenhouse gases emitted are also removed from the atmosphere, making the net contribution of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere zero.
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