Joni Heikkinen
Research Data Scientist
Joni Heikkinen (Ph.D. in Economics) is a Research Data Scientist at the Bank of Finland's Monetary Policy and Research Department. His research examines central bank communication, inflation expectations, nowcasting, and geopolitical risk, using text analysis and machine learning.
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Reading between the lines; Uncovering asymmetry in the central bank loss function (7.5.2026). Markus Haavio; Joni Heikkinen; Pirkka Jalasjoki; Juha Kilponen; Maritta Paloviita; Ilona Vänni. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
Media tone : the role of news and social media on heterogeneous inflation expectations (20.11.2024). Joni Heikkinen; Kari Heimonen. Journal of Forecasting.
Nowcasting the Nowcasting – Forecasting ISM Business surveys (PMI and NSI) with Weekly Google Trends (10.10.2023). Joni Heikkinen; Kari Heimonen. Applied Economics.
Household confidence and the news, Bank of Finland Bulletin. Analysis (2.7.2026). Petri Mäki-Fränti; Joni Heikkinen.
Northern insights : Geopolitical risk from Finnish news media (18.12.2025). Gene Ambrocio; Zuzana Fungáčová; Joni Heikkinen; Eeva Kerola; Iikka Korhonen; Anni Norring. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Tekoäly tukee keskuspankkien analyysityötä, Euro & talous. Blogi (14.11.2025). Joni Heikkinen.
Online search behavior and consumer intent : implications for nowcasting (1.9.2025). Joni Heikkinen; Kari Heimonen. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
ECB's evolving communication and policy preferences since 2021 strategy review (12.3.2025). Markus Haavio; Joni Heikkinen; Pirkka Jalasjoki; Juha Kilponen; Maritta Paloviita. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Media tone : the role of news and social media on heterogeneous inflation expectations (5.9.2024). Joni Heikkinen; Kari Heimonen. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Reading between the lines : Uncovering asymmetry in the central bank loss function (12.6.2024). Markus Haavio; Joni Heikkinen; Pirkka Jalasjoki; Juha Kilponen; Maritta Paloviita; Ilona Vänni. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Kotitalouksien luottamus ja uutiset (12.6.2026). Joni Heikkinen; Petri Mäki-Fränti. .
Northern insights: Measuring geopolitical risk through Finnish news media (9.1.2026). Gene Ambrocio; Zuzana Fungáčová; Joni Heikkinen; Eeva Kerola; Iikka Korhonen; Anni Norring. VoxEU.
Reading between the lines – Uncovering asymmetry in the central bank loss function (26.9.2024). Markus Haavio; Joni Heikkinen; Pirkka Jalasjoki; Juha Kilponen; Maritta Paloviita; Ilona Vänni. SUERF Policy Brief.