Finland’s manufacturing confidence fell to -1 in January 2026, returning to the negative territory following a neutral reading in the previous month. Production expectations for the coming months weakened sharply to 18 from a downwardly revised 25 in December, while finished goods inventories turned neutral from 4. Meanwhile, order backlog outlook were slightly less negative, easing to -20 from -21. In addition, capacity utilization rose marginally, with 67% of companies reported operating at full capacity in January from 64% in the prior month, but still below the long-term average of 70%. source: Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK)
Business Confidence in Finland decreased to -1 points in January from 0 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Finland averaged -1.92 points from 2005 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 23.00 points in November of 2021 and a record low of -37.00 points in March of 2009. This page provides - Finland Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Finland Industry Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Business Confidence in Finland decreased to -1 points in January from 0 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Finland is expected to be -10.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Finland Industry Confidence is projected to trend around -2.00 points in 2027, according to our econometric models.