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Saturday November 27, 2021

2021 sees lowest cereal harvest in 2000s

This autumn’s cereal harvest totalled 2.6 million tons this year, which is about 30 per cent lower than the average cereal harvest during the previous ten years, according to Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The last time the cereal harvest was as small was in 1992. “Farms are generally facing

Published: 11:28 am,Tuesday 23 November 2021

Employment rate goes up in October

The number of employed people was 65,000 higher and the number of unemployed persons was 37,000 fewer in October this year than a year ago, according to Statistics Finland. In October, the trend of the employment rate was 72.7 per cent and the trend of the unemployment rate was

Published: 00:46 am,Tuesday 23 November 2021

Construction of Finnlines 3rd ro-pax begins

Finneco III, the third hybrid ro-ro vessel in a series, was launched in China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) in China on Monday, said a press release. The Finneco series vessels will be 238 metres long with a cargo capacity of 5,800 lane metres. Compared to the Company’s largest ro-ro

Published: 00:58 am,Tuesday 23 November 2021

Posti´s new main post office opens in Helsinki

National postal and logistic services operator Posti has opened its new main post office in the Postitalo building in Helsinki city centre on Monday, said a press release. Located next to the Central Railway Station, the new main post office will have extended opening hours from 8:00 am to

Published: 23:49 pm,Friday 19 November 2021

IMF praises Finland´s coronavirus handling

Finland has been highly successful in containing the coronavirus pandemic, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its statement on the Finnish economy published on Friday. The government’s reopening strategy has been flexible and adaptive to developments in the evolution of the Pandemic, said the report. With strong policy support, Finland

Published: 00:38 am,Friday 19 November 2021

Price of old single house rise by 5.5% in Q3

In the third quarter of 2021, prices of old single-family houses rose by an average of 5.5 per cent in the whole country from the stipulated period of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland. Compared with the previous quarter, prices of old single-family houses decreased by 0.9 per

Published: 03:51 am,Wednesday 17 November 2021

900 Agri, horticultural farms reduce in country in a year

There were 44,700 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland in 2021, according to preliminary data in the register of agricultural and horticultural enterprises. The decrease in the number of agricultural and horticultural enterprises continued like in previous years, showing a decrease of 900 farms from 2020, said the Natural

Published: 03:55 am,Wednesday 17 November 2021

Nat´l economy output grows by 5% in Sep

Adjusted for working days, output went up by 5.0 per cent in September 2021 from one year back, according to Statistics Finland. In September, seasonally adjusted output grew by 0.1 per cent from the month before. According to revised data, working-day adjusted output grew in August 2021 by 4.3 per

Published: 23:07 pm,Monday 15 November 2021

Building costs rise by 9.4% in Oct

Building costs rose by 9.4 per cent in October 2021 from one year back, according to Statistics Finland. Compared with the previous month, building costs grew by 0.6 per cent. The growth is now slower than in June to August when the monthly change in the building cost index

Published: 10:36 am,Monday 15 November 2021

Inflation climbs to 3.2% in Oct

The year-on-year change in consumer prices was 3.2 per cent in October, according to Statistics Finland. In September, inflation stood at 2.5 per cent. The increase in inflation was caused by higher prices of capital repair on detached houses etc. Consumer prices were raised most in October by increases in

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