New Internet portal facilitates searching for statistics

4 November 2008
A new Internet portal comprising all Official Statistics of Finland, www. officialstatistics.fi, has been launched on Statistics Finland website. The portal provides access to the latest data of some 300 sets of public administration statistics. >>>

Support for the True Finns increased in the urban districts of Uusimaa

27 October 2008
According to the party analysis produced by Statistics Finland, the True Finns recorded their biggest wins in urban districts as well as districts with unemployment and a low income level. >>>

The majority of Municipal election candidates are men

26 October 2008
Nearly 60 per cent of the Municipal election candidates are men. The proportion of women candidates has grown by only 0.5 percentage points from the previous elections. More information on i.a. the candidates' age, education and income is available in the review produced by Statistics Finland. >>>

Growth in the number of the employed slowed down in the third quarter

21 October 2008
According to the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland, employment increased in July-September by an average of 25,000 persons, while in the two preceding quarters the increase averaged 54,000 persons. >>>

Key figures Consumer confidence -0.2 (10/08) Cost-of-living index 1 750 (9/08) Inflation 4.7% (9/08) Industrial output 0.8% (9/08) Unemployment 5.9% (9/08) Volume of GDP 0.7% (7/08)

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