Follow our expert insights about how the markets and inflation develop in the Nordics and globally.
Economic Outlook
The Finnish economy has seen cautious growth, but the economic cycle remains weak. Consumers are still cautious, even though purchasing power has started to improve and interest rates have fallen.
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Economic Outlook
The global economic outlook for 2025 reflects a very high level of uncertainty, and economic developments could easily surprise in either direction. Our baseline story remains unchanged, and we expect monetary policy easing to support growth especially in the Euro area and China – and in both regions consumer spending could surprise to the upside.
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Corporate insights
What do Nordic corporate treasurers expect the world to look like in 2030? We set out to find the answer in our annual Treasury Survey for 2024.
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Economy
The crisis is taking its toll on the EU, which is lagging further and further behind the US and China in the great economic race. Now Mario Draghi has presented a plan that may save the situation.
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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 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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Economic Outlook
The global growth momentum has improved slightly since the beginning of this year thanks to China’s increased fiscal stimulus and declining inflation numbers in many western economies.
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Economic Outlook
After several turbulent years the pieces of the puzzle are gradually falling into place for the Swedish economy. Households’ consumption pattern normalises, export companies’ production will balance with demand and inflation will stabilise at low levels.
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Economic Outlook
High interest rates have sent the Finnish economy into a recession. Mortgage holders and the public sector are adapting their spending to respond to higher interest rates, which has weakened demand but will lead to more balanced finances.
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Economic Outlook
Initial research suggests that using artificial intelligence can significantly improve productivity. Due to its high digital readiness, Finland is in a good position to leverage AI. After all, AI creates an opportunity for Finnish companies to get back on the productivity growth track.
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