Main building of the Bank of Finland 
The Bank of Finland is Finland's monetary authority and a member of the Eurosystem.

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SUOMEN PANKKI
Snellmaninaukio
PO Box 160, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Phone +358 10 8311

Coins 

Redemption periods for markka banknotes and coins partly expiring at the turn of the year

Interest rates

ECB steering rate: 4.00%
(decided 6 Jun 2007)

Euribor rates 7 Dec 2007
1 month 4.872
3 month 4.891
12 month 4.769

Base rate 1.1.-30.6.2008: 4.75%
Penalty interest 1.7.-31.12.2007: 11.50%

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Exchange rates

Currency 7 Dec 2007
USD/EUR 1.4649
JPY/EUR 163.38
SEK/EUR 9.4010

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News

6.12.2007 | Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area

On the basis of the information available up to 23 November 2007, Eurosystem staff have prepared projections for macroeconomic developments in the euro area.

6.12.2007 | Monetary policy decisions

At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 4.00%, 5.00% and 3.00% respectively.

5.12.2007 | Still time to return 1 markka coins and 5 markka coins with the icebreaker motif

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Publications

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5.12.2007Optimal monetary policy in a hybrid New Keynesian model with a cost channel
28.11.2007Exchange rate volatility, macro announcements and the choice of intraday seasonality filtering method
20.11.2007Instrument rules in monetary policy under heterogeneity in currency trade
19.11.2007Main Indicators for the Finnish Economy
14.11.2007Optimal monetary policy under heterogeneity in currency trade

 

Events

More events

10.12.2007Bank of Finland Governor's press conference on the outlook for the Finnish economy
10.12.2007Financial markets: Statistical Review
13.12.2007Research Seminar, December 2007
14.12.2007Finland's Balance of Payments (monthly) etc.
31.12.2007Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

 

Talousguru Economic Guru competition organised again for senior high school students

The popular Economic Guru competition for senior high school students will be organised again at the turn of the year. The nationwide preliminary competition will be held at schools on Monday 10 December 2007. The country's ten best competitors will qualify for the final contest, and the Economic Guru 2008 will be elected at the finals in Helsinki on 17 to 18 January 2008.