Jouko Rautava

Mr. Jouko Rautava is a Senior Economist at Bank of Finland.
At the BOFIT, Mr. Rautava has focused on Russia's and China's economies and economic policies.
He has participated in various domestic and international working groups as an expert on the Russian economy.
Between 1985 and 1991, Mr. Rautava performed balance of payments analyses and forecasting as a researcher for a special department of the Bank of Finland administering the bilateral trade arrangement between Finland and the Soviet Union.
He participated directly in talks on trade and finance between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Mr. Rautava completed his master's degree in economics at the University of Turku, Finland, in 1985.