Helinä Laakkonen

Head of Division

I currently work in the Financial Stability and Statistics Department as the Head of Macroprudential Analysis Division. I graduated with a PhD from the University of Jyväskylä in 2009. I did my dissertation on questions of empirical finance, analyzing the effects of macroeconomic news on exchange rate volatility. I have spent my career at the Bank of Finland, mostly in the Macroprudential Analysis Division and sometimes visiting in the Research Unit. I am particularly interested in macroprudential analysis and systemic risk assessment and the development of the quantitative methods used in them.

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Macroprudential Analysis Division

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  • Evaluating Indicators for Use in Setting the Countercyclical Capital Buffer (1.3.2018). Eero Tölö; Helinä Laakkonen; Simo Kalatie. International Journal of Central Banking.

  • Sovereign risk, European crisis resolution policies and bond yields (1.3.2015). Juha Kilponen; Jouko Vilmunen; Helinä Laakkonen. International Journal of Central Banking.

  • The Relevance of Accuracy for the Impact of Macroeconomic News on Exchange Rate Volatility (22.2.2013). Helinä Laakkonen; Markku Lanne. International Journal of Finance and Economics.

  • Exchange Rate Volatility, Macroeconomic Announcements and the Choice of Intraday Periodicity Filtering Method (21.2.2013). Helinä Laakkonen. Quantitative Finance.

  • Asymmetric News Effects on Exchange Rate Volatility: Good vs. Bad News in Good vs. Bad Times (15.1.2010). Helinä Laakkonen; Markku Lanne. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.

  • The Impact of Macroeconomic News on Exchange Rate Volatility (15.5.2007). Helinä Laakkonen. Finnish Economic Papers.

      • Modelling Time-Varying Volatility in Financial Returns: Evidence from Bond Markets (15.1.2014). Cristina Amado; Helinä Laakkonen. .

      • Esseitä makrotalouden uutisten vaikutuksista valuuttakurssien volatiliteettiin (15.12.2009). Helinä Laakkonen. Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja POISTA.

      • Asymmetric News Effects on Exchange Rate Volatility (15.1.2008). Helinä Laakkonen. University of Jyväskylä. Working Paper.