Over the next few years, the Finnish economy will grow at a more moderate rate than in recent years. Slower growth in world trade will be reflected in Finnish export growth during the forecast period. Finland’s general government budgetary position will strengthen next year but will gradually weaken after that. The general government debt to GDP ratio will also start increasing again in the early years of the 2020s. The summer 2019 macroeconomic forecast prepared by the Ministry of Finance does not include the economic policy measures for the period 2020-2023 outlined in the Government Programme of Prime Minister Rinne’s Government. Finland’s GDP is expected to grow by 1.6% in 2019. Even though the outlook for exports and the world ...