Government Debates New Statistics Model to Reduce Debt

The Finnish government is discussing a proposal from the Perussuomalaiset (National Coalition Party) to change how national debt is calculated. The party wants to remove restrictions on classifying social housing assets as debt, preventing state-backed loans from being counted as public debt. This change is intended to reduce the reported national debt figure.

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