But it is an entirely different matter if economic policy jeopardises the conditions for price stability or causes disruption on the financial markets. Example from recent years: the structural problems of the Finnish economy A role that comes naturally to the central bank in domestic economic discourse is to paint a picture of the state of the economy.
A balanced picture of the state of macroeconomic developments based on careful analysis serves as an important basis for successful economic policy. In step with the escalation of the global financial crisis in 2008, economic performance deteriorated across the advanced economies, including Finland. A few years after the onset of the crisis, economic growth had already gotten underway in many countries.