7.7.2020 Latest News and press releases Digital labour platforms allow for knowledge-intensive work outside of cities – and the jobs are better paid Knowledge-intensive work has traditionally been heavily concentrated on urban centres. Online labour markets and digital intermediaries can disrupt this
25.6.2020 Columns Latest Quantum computing is coming – will cybersecurity be compromised? Mattila JuriSeppälä Timo In 1980, American physicist Paul Benioff published a theoretical model of a machine capable of performing mathematical calculations by
27.5.2020 Latest News and press releases Study: The EU should sharpen its sanctions policy; implications for Finland have been relatively minor In a world of intensifying geopolitical competition, the EU must sharpen its sanctions policy so that Europe can promote
26.5.2020 Latest News and press releases Etla has updated its forecast: Finland’s GDP will shrink by 8 per cent this year Etla has updated its forecast in May and now estimates that Finland's GDP will shrink by 8 per cent
8.5.2020 Latest News and press releases Truck traffic-based nowcasts predict a fall in real output for April and May The model developed by ETLA and Statistics Finland, based on data on truck traffic volumes observed by automatic measurement
7.5.2020 Columns Latest Finland’s GDP likely to shrink by almost 10 percent this year Lehmus Markku On March 17th we estimated that Finland's GDP will shrink by 1–5 per cent this year because of the
7.4.2020 Columns Latest Artificial intelligence calls for regulatory perceptiveness Mattila JuriSeppälä Timo The regulatory approach towards artificial intelligence is currently the subject of heated debate among policy makers. This regulatory debate is,
14.2.2020 Latest News and press releases Artificial Intelligence Platforms: Case Google Maps Companies from all sectors and across different value chains stand to benefit from digital and nascent artificial intelligence platforms.
12.2.2020 Latest News and press releases Etla’s Research Director appointed professor at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics Etla's long-term Research Director Niku Määttänen has been appointed Professor of Macroeconomics at Helsinki GSE. The professorship is located
28.1.2020 Latest News and press releases APIDE Workshop Notes – Growing the Digital Economy Participiants & Discussants The digital revolution is transforming how we buy, sell, learn, work and play, creating new ways
28.1.2020 Latest News and press releases Etla Economic Research released its first ever CO2 emissions forecast: Carbon neutral Finland by 2035 is under threat The required average speed for greenhouse-gas-emission reduction in Finland is 7.6 percent a year if the government's carbon neutrality
5.12.2019 Columns Latest The hype has eclipsed the limitations of third-wave artificial intelligence Nitzberg MarkSeppälä TimoZysman John The near-term potential of “artificial intelligence” is often overestimated.¹ The potential may be exaggerated in discourse and company strategy,
19.9.2019 Latest News and press releases Half of the Finnish firms share data – despite the risks, there are clear benefits for companies An estimated 49 % of the Finnish firms already share data with others. Data as a resource and data
16.9.2019 Latest News and press releases Etla forecast: Finland’s growth slowing down while public finance balance weakens Finnish economy Finland's economic growth will slow down markedly this year and next. We expect GDP to grow by
9.7.2019 Latest News and press releases Unlocking housing wealth to foster the silver economy Many elderly households could improve their living standards markedly by releasing part of their housing equity. However, that would
12.6.2019 Latest News and press releases Etla: Digitalization is testing the sufficiency of resources It is predicted that in 2030, energy consumption in the ICT sector will be 21% of the world's energy
12.4.2019 Columns Latest Special Theme: Uncertainty of Forecasts Anttonen JetroLehmus Markku Uncertainty of Forecasts and Estimation of Uncertainty In the case of economic forecasts, we often talk about, for example,
19.3.2019 Latest News and press releases Etla forecast: Finland’s growth slowing down, increased economic risks Finnish economy Finland's economic rate of growth will slow down clearly this year and remain modest also next year.
20.4.2011 Other publications Publications Extreme Events Casti JohnIlmola LeenaRouvinen PetriWilenius Markku Due to the exceptional economic situation caused by the coronavirus epidemic, we have opened a free publication: Extreme Events.
