Should be postponed indefinitely.” The difficulty – if not outright impossibility – of obtaining a loan directly from the US administration moved the focus of debate towards joining the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. President J.K. Paasikivi met the US ambassador Maxwell Hamilton in Helsinki in September 1946 to discuss the situation after the US refusal to consider more loans.
The year-on-year rate of change in consumer prices (excluding fresh food) has been close to zero percent, while temporary factors such as the rise in rice prices have exerted upward pressure on prices. Turning to the outlook, domestic corporate goods prices are expected to remain firm for the immediate future.