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Mari Ylä-Jarkko was appointed Deputy Director General of Statistics Finland’s Information and Statistical Services. She will take up her position on 1 October 2022. The Information and Statistical Services service area is responsible for Statistics Finland's data production and its development.

Statistics Finland Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 4.6 per cent from November last year According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for manufactured products fell by an average of 4.6 per cent from November 2019 to November 2020. The producer prices for manufactured products sold on the domestic market declined by 3.5 per cent, while the producer prices of export products fell by 5.7 per cent. Producer Price Index (PPI) 2015=100, 1/2015–11/2020 The drop in the producer ...

Statistics Finland Retail trade flash estimate: turnover grew by 6.6 per cent year-on-year in November According to Statistics Finland’s retail trade flash estimate, the working day adjusted turnover of retail trade increased by 6.6 per cent in November from November 2019. The volume of retail trade sales, from which the impact of price changes has been eliminated, increased by 5.3 per cent over the same period. In daily consumer goods trade, the working day adjusted turnover increased by 7.3...

Statistics Finland Greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2019, emission reduction targets for 2013 to 2020 attainable According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, the total emissions of greenhouse gases in 2019 correspond with 53.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq.), being 18.2 million tonnes less than in the comparison year 1990. Emissions fell by six per cent from the previous year. The fall in emissions was most influenced by the decreased use of coal and peat. Emissions ...

Statistics Finland Total energy consumption decreased and consumption of renewable energy grew by one per cent in 2019 According to Statistics Finland, total consumption of energy in Finland amounted to 1.36 million terajoules (TJ) in 2019, which corresponded to a fall of one per cent compared with the previous year. The consumption of electricity totalled 86.1 terawatt hours (TWh), which was two per cent less than in the previous year. The consumption of fossil fuels and peat decreased in tota...

Statistics Finland Gross domestic product grew by 1.1 per cent in 2019 According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, the volume of Finland’s GDP grew by 1.1 per cent in 2019 from the year before. A more extensive update to the 2019 data will be made on 26 February, when the final enterprise data will be included. The data for 2019 became revised in December mainly as concerns general government finances, financing and insurance. The volume of GDP in 2018 became revised to 1.3 per cent...

Statistics Finland Households saving rate fell in the third quarter In July to September, households saving rate decreased clearly from the previous quarter but was still positive. Both households disposable income and consumption expenditure grew from the previous quarter. Households’ investment rate decreased slightly from the previous quarter. Non-financial corporations still received more subsidies on production than usual and therefore the profit share remained high even though it decrea...

Statistics Finland Households’ net financial assets increased in the third quarter of 2020 Households’ financial assets grew by EUR 8.6 billion in the third quarter of 2020, rising to EUR 342.4 billion. In turn, households’ debts decreased by EUR 0.8 billion in the third quarter of 2020 falling to EUR 185.9 billion. As a result of these changes, households net financial assets increased by EUR 9,4 billion and the level of net financial assets was EUR 156.5 billion. Net financial assets re...

Statistics Finland Investment service companies’ commission income and operating profit increased in the third quarter of 2020 The net operating profit of investment service companies was EUR 48 million in the third quarter of 2020. EUR 18 million more operating profit was accumulated than in the corresponding quarter last year. Commission income increased by EUR 27 million to EUR 118 million. These data derive from Statistics Finland’s statistics on investment service companies. Investment...

Statistics Finland Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy use of fuels declined by 16 per cent year-on-year According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, total energy consumption in January to September amounted to 894 petajoule (PJ), which was 11 per cent less than in the corresponding period last year. Electricity consumption amounted to 59.1 terawatt hours (TWh), or seven per cent less than one year earlier. Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy use of fuels declined by 16 per cent...