News 7 Dec 2020
Corona situation report: Summary of recent economic figures in the economic situation review
We collect the latest statistical data describing the corona situation and the release dates of future statistics related to the topic into Statistics Finland's corona situation report published every other week.
Latest statistical data related to the corona situation
- Prices of old single-family houses grew by 2.8 per cent year-on-year in July to September (4 December 2020)
- Turnover estimate of main industries: Turnover grew from the previous month in the main industry of manufacturing (2 December 2020) (in Finnish)
- Turnover of large enterprises grew in October (30 November 2020)
- Quarterly national accounts: Gross domestic product grew by 3.3 per cent from the previous quarter (27 November 2020)
- Consumers’ expectations concerning the economy recovered somewhat in November (27 November 2020)
- Situation picture of the economy: Finland's economy recovered better from corona than other EU countries (27 November 2020) (in Finnish)
- Retail trade flash estimate: turnover grew by 5.9 per cent year-on-year in October (26 November 2020)
- Ossi Nurmi and Tommi Veistämö’s blog: In relative terms, most recipients of business subsidies in tourism industries – subsidies in accommodation represent a fraction of losses in Uusimaa (26 November 2020) (in Finnish)
- Producer price indices: Producer prices for manufactured products fell by 5.4 per cent from October last year (24 November 2020)
- Cubic volume covered by granted building permits continued to decrease from the previous year (24 November 2020)
- According to the accommodation statistics, nights spent by resident tourists in Finland decreased by 15 per cent in October 2020 (24 November 2020)
- Fewer employed persons and more unemployed persons in October compared to one year ago (24 November 2020)
- Weekly data on the number of deaths are updated into the experimental statistics database.
Upcoming statistics describing the corona situation:
- 9 December 2020 Labour cost index, 3rd quarter
- 10 December 2020 Volume index of industrial output, October
- 10 December 2020 New orders in manufacturing, October
- 11 December 2020 Balance of payments and international investment position, October
- 14 December 2020 Consumer price index, November
- 14 December 2020 Wage and salary indices, October
- 14 December 2020 Turnover of trade, October
- 14 December 2020 Turnover of service industries, October
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