Outlook for 2008-09: Economic forecast.

The article presents information on the economic forecast for Finland in 2008-2009. The rate of the world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2007 fell to 3.7% from 4% in 2006. The forecasted real GDP growth rate of Finland by the Economist Intelligence Units fell to 2.6% in 2008 from 4.4% in 2007. It is said that the country's inflation rate rose to 2.5% in 2007 from 1.6% in 2006 because of increasing house prices and mortgage interest rates.