Editing Economy of Finland (section)

===European Union===
Finland joined the [[European Union]] in 1995. The central bank was given an inflation-targeting mandate until Finland joined the euro zone.<ref name="inflation"/> The growth rate has since been one of the highest of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] countries. Finland has topped many indicators of national performance.

Finland was one of the 11 countries joining the third phase of the [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union]]. Finland adopted the [[euro]] as the country's currency on 1 January 1999. The national currency markka (FIM) was withdrawn from circulation, and replaced by the euro (EUR) at the beginning of 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finland and the euro - European Commission |url=https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/euro/eu-countries-and-euro/finland-and-euro_en |website=economy-finance.ec.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>