News 21 Dec 2020
Corona situation report: Situation picture of the economy was specified as concerns government finances and financial and sector accounts
We collect the latest statistics and background texts describing the corona situation into this news item. On 18 December 2020, we updated data on government finances and financial and sector accounts to the economic situation review. View the economic situation review (the review is in Finnish).
The economic recovery and social situation of European countries can now be monitored with the Recovery Dashboard published by Eurostat. By means of various indicators, the service presents in visual form how the EU countries have recovered from the corona crisis. The indicators make it easy to compare the economic and social situation in different countries. The service can be viewed at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/recovery-dashboard/
Latest statistical data related to the corona situation
- Article by Kaisa Weckström: Corona brought cultural and entertainment activities to their knees (18 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Households' saving rate fell in the third quarter (18 December 2020)
- Current account in surplus in the third quarter, net international investment position weakened (18 December 2020)
- Exports did not recover in the third quarter of 2020 (18 December 2020)
- Households’ net financial assets increased in the third quarter of 2020 (18 December 2020)
- General government’s net financial assets increased in the third quarter of 2020 (18 December 2020)
- Financial position of general government weakened by EUR 2.9 billion (18 December 2020)
- General government debt decreased by EUR 4.7 billion (18 December 2020)
- According to the experimental early estimate, output went down by 0.9 per cent in November from the previous month (18 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Number of bankruptcies fell in January to November by 16.8 per cent from the previous year (16 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Ossi Nurmi’s blog: Accommodation industry relying on domestic leisure travel – outside large towns (15 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Turnover in industry decreased by 4.0 per cent in October (15 December 2020)
- Turnover of construction enterprises fell slightly in October (15 December 2020)
- Output of the national economy fell in October from the year before, growth from the previous month (15 December 2020)
- Turnover in retail trade developed strongly in October, wholesale trade continued to fall (14 December 2020)
- Wages and salaries sum fell by 0.3 per cent in August to October year-on-year (14 December 2020)
- Turnover and output in services fell in October (14 December 2020)
- Inflation 0.2 per cent in November (14 December 2020)
- Current account in surplus in October (11 December 2020)
- Industrial output grew in October from the month before but fell from the previous year (10 December 2020)
- New orders in manufacturing fell by 1.5 per cent year-on-year in October (10 December 2020)
- Miia Huomo and Hanna Sutela’s blog: Compliance with corona instructions has decreased in autumn – highly educated women follow them best (8 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Article by Juho Keva: Altogether 67 per cent of employees in critical occupations are women (in Finnish)
Upcoming statistics describing the corona situation:
- 22 December 2020 Labour Force Survey, November
- 22 December 2020 Preliminary population statistics, November
- 22 December 2020 Building and dwelling production, October
- 22 December 2020 Turnover of trade, November
- 23 December 2020 Producer price indices, November
- 23 December 2020 Accommodation statistics, November
- 28 December 2020 Consumer confidence, December
This is how to find statistical data on the corona situation
We collect statistics describing the corona situation on Statistics Finland's corona pages. Eurostat’s Covid-19 page also contains much information and data describing the situation on the EU level. Links to the latest weekly statistics on the numbers of deaths can be found on the page about the effects of corona. News on topical statistics can be found in the news section of our website.
Statistics Finland's research services continue to cooperate with Helsinki GSE. The situation room reports can be found on the Helsinki GSE website.
For the time being, the Library of Statistics has been closed to visitors. The lending service operates as agreed.
Statistics Finland’s statistics and services can be found on the www.stat.fi pages. The Information Services help in finding statistical information by telephone at +358 29 551 2220 or by email at info@stat.fi. You can also inquire about statistics with the Ask about statistics form.
Further information: Ville Vertanen, Deputy Director General, tel. +358 29 551 3243