HELSINKI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) Consumer prices rose by an average of 7.1 percent in Finland in 2022, the highest increase in 40 years, Statistics Finland said on Friday.
Consumer prices rose by an average of 7.1 per cent in Finland in 2022, the highest increase in 40 years, Statistics Finland said."Inflation in 2022 was exceptional compared to . past decades. Similar figures were last seen in the early .
Roughly half a percentage point of the increase was attributable to a rise in the mean interest rate for housing loans, estimated Hannu Nummiaro, an economist at Lähi-Tapiola.