The domestic economy: Output and demand.

The article talks about output and demand in the domestic economy of Finland. The economy continues to grow in the second quarter of 2006, with overall GDP increasing by 6 percent in year-on-year terms. Data for retail spending suggest that demand continued to expand in the second quarter of 2006 and at the beginning of the third, with overall retail sales volumes rising by an average of 5.4 percent in three months.