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The number of unemployed foreigners fell slightly from its all-time high of 44,000 in December, to 42,400 in January, according to an economic bulletin from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
Data from Statistics Finland reveal that 310 bankruptcy proceedings were initiated in Finland in September. The number is a 25-year high for the month of September, highlighted the chief economist of Suomen Yrittäjät, Juhana Brotherus.
2021-02-26 14:05:29 GMT2021-02-26 22:05:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English HELSINKI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Finland's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 2.9 percent in 2020, Statistics Finland reported on Friday. Calculated at current prices, Finnish GDP during 2020 was 1.3 percent lower from the previous year, said the statistics authority. According to Statistics Finland's Labour Force Survey, the unemployment rate in the whole year of 2020 was 7.8 percent. In 2020, total demand in the national economy contracted by four percent from 2019. Other demand items diminished clearly but go...