Bank of Finland

The Bank of Finland actively promotes a stable economy and sustainable economic growth.

The Bank of Finland is Finland’s monetary authority and is part of the Eurosystem. The Bank of Finland’s strategy is centred on its vision statement: ‘The Bank of Finland is an influential and respected central bank that maintains price and financial stability in all circumstances with the aim of promoting citizens’ wellbeing’.

The ECB and the Eurosystem national central banks are the main international partners of the Bank of Finland. The Governor of the Bank of Finland, Olli Rehn, is a member of the Eurosystem’s highest decision-making body, the Governing Council of the ECB. The Governing Council’s principal task is to decide on the monetary policy of the euro area.

A staff development programme for Bank of Finland experts was begun in 2021 with the aim that approximately half of the Bank’s experts will have completed the programme by the end of 2025.

The Bank of Finland’s most significant sustainability measures concerned implementation of the ECB’s climate strategy and the sustainability objectives in the Bank’s financial assets management.

The goal of the Bank’s communications is to earn people’s trust through its actions. The views expressed externally by the Bank are based on high-quality data and research on the economy. The Bank of Finland’s communications in 2024 covered various topics affecting people across the country, such as interest rates, inflation, household debt, means of payment, and the state of the economy in Finland and other countries.

The key figures set out in the Bank of Finland’s Data Balance Sheet provide a picture of the central bank’s data-intensive work and its information resources. The key figures, data collections, analytical background information and details of improvements in information management are presented more extensively in the Bank of Finland’s Data Balance Sheet, which is to be published in English in April.