Barometer: SMEs more optimistic about future
Small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) expectations about the economy have risen slightly since the spring, the latest SME barometer shows.
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Fresh statistics predict economic turn
Fresh figures from Statistics Finland promise a turn in the economy.
Consumer confidence in economy falling, business confidence rising
Consumers’ confidence declined slightly in August.
Consumer confidence recovers; businesses more cautious
Consumer confidence swung upwards slightly in July, while industry cautiously recovers. Statistics Finland’s confidence indicator was -6.4 in July, compared…
Bankruptcy figures give cold sharp shock
A total of 305 bankruptcy petitions were filed in June. The numbers of bankruptcies remain high. Statistics Finland says that…
Consumer confidence still weak
A specialist says the uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s tariff war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are reflected in Finnish…
SY welcomes Government’s “significant” growth measures
The Government’s proposed tax cuts encourage investments and work, while simultaneously labour-market reforms and an overhaul of the Public Procurement…
SY’s Pentikäinen says trade war is not over
Mikael Pentikäinen, CEO of Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish SME association, believes that China and the United States must thaw their…
SY’s Pentikäinen: Trump’s tariffs could erode nascent Finnish economic growth
Mikael Pentikäinen, CEO of Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish SME association, says US President Donald Trump’s announcement of steep hikes to…
Consumers’ confidence weak, business owners more optimistic
Business owners’ optimism is a very good sign, an economist at Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish SME association, says. Consumers’ confidence…