Finnish inflation would stay above euro-zone levels and buoyant domestic demand could feed price pressures though the overall inflation outlook had improved, the central bank said on Mar 12, 2001."The gap between Finland's inflation rate and euro-area inflation will persist," Bank of Finland Governor Matti Vanhala told a news conference on the publication of the bank's quarterly review of the Finnish economy.

Finland, now in its eighth consecutive year of robust growth, had an average inflation