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Bank of Finland Bulletin - Articles on the economy from the Bank of Finland

Joni Heikkinen

Researcher

Joni Heikkinen is a researcher at the Bank of Finland’s Monetary Policy and Research Department.

Skills

central bank communication, monetary policy, inflation expectations, forecasting, text analysis and language models

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Analysis Published on 02 July 2026
- Finnish economy
- Joni Heikkinen
- Petri Mäki-Fränti
Household confidence and the news

Negative news about the economy and the security environment has been very prominent in recent times. Analysis shows that the movements in consumer confidence have been slightly more clearly linked with news stories on the Finnish economy than with news on geopolitics.