Finland’s economy is heading for a ’perfect storm’ of economic problems which risk undermining growth

Finland has traditionally been regarded as one of the better performing economies in the Eurozone, however the country has struggled with low growth figures over the last five years. Paul Jonker-Hoffrén writes that the country is facing a perfect storm of structural change in two key economic sectors (IT and forest industries), austerity policies, a potential housing bubble and the damaging effect of the euro on its exports.

ESO: Background information: Economic Survey of Finland 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/economic-survey-of-finland-2014/

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