News 8 Jun 2020

Corona situation review of 5 June 2020: April data for statistics on business trends published

 

Due to the corona situation we have accelerated the production of data describing the exceptional circumstances. We publish statistics deviating from ordinary statistics production once a week for the time being and compile data on them and other topical statistics into this news item.

Selections of statistics and articles describing the corona situation

5 June Transport in domestic waterborne traffic decreased by four per cent in April compared to the year before  
5 June The volume of sea transport grew compared to the year before
5 June Instant preliminary statistics on bankruptcies show that a total of 45 bankruptcies were instigated in week 22
4 June Riikka Tupala’s article: From which financial position did Finland enter the corona crisis? (In Finnish)
4 June First registrations of passenger cars fell to under one half in May  
4 June According to the statistics on real estate prices, the prices of old single-family houses fell in the first quarter
4 June Rapid preliminary statistics on the numbers of deaths per week updated in the experimental statistics database [the link was changed on 26 Nov 2020]
1 June According to the preliminary turnover of main industries, seasonally adjusted turnover fell in April in the main industries of manufacturing and trade (in Finnish).

Coming this week:

9 June 2020 Labour cost index 2020, 1st quarter  
10 June 2020 Volume Index of Industrial Output 2020, April
10 June 2020 New orders in manufacturing 2020, April  
11 June 2020 Energy prices 2020, 1st quarter.  
11 June 2020 Weekly numbers of deaths, rapid estimate (experimental statistics), until week 22/2020
12 June 2020 Index of turnover of construction 2020, April  
12 June 2020 Balance of payments and international investment position 2020, April  
12 June 2020 Wage and salary indices 2020, April  
12 June 2020 Weekly numbers of bankruptcies, instant preliminary data (experimental statistics), until week 23/2020

Do you need an expert to give background information on the exceptional situation?

Our corona pages also contain a list of Statistics Finland's experts who can help the media by providing background information about the effects of the corona situation on the economy and society.  

Collection of statistical data are published online

Statistics Finland collects statistics describing the corona situation it produces on the corona pages of the web pages.  Eurostat has also compiled the Covid-19 page where you can find much information and data describing the situation on the EU level. In addition, we provide information in our weekly news on statistics describing the corona situation and on the effects of emergency conditions on statistics production.

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Further information:
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