Talouksessa

Talouksessa is a morphological form used in Finnish to indicate being inside a particular economy or economic context, most often appearing as the inessive form within compound nouns. The base noun talous carries meanings such as economy, macroeconomy, or household finances. In many common compounds, talous is combined with another noun to form a new concept, and the inessive ending -ssa attaches to the whole compound, producing forms like maataloudessa, kotitaloudessa, or valtio­taloudessa. In these cases talouksessa is not a stand-alone word but a suffixal ending that marks location within that specific economic sphere.

Usage and examples:

- maatalousessa means in agriculture or within the agricultural economy.

- kotitaloudessa means in the household economy, i.e., within family finances or household budgeting.

- valtiontaloudessa means in the state economy or within the government’s economic framework.

The precise sense of talouksessa depends on the preceding noun in the compound: agriculture, household finances, national economy, or other economic contexts. The standard stand-alone locative for “in the economy” is taloudessa, while talouksessa occurs primarily as part of a compound construction.

Notes:

- Talouksessa contrasts with taloudessa, which is the regular inessive form of talous used when talous stands alone or when the broader economic context is meant without a compound noun.

- Related terms include kansantalous (national economy), kotitalous (household economy), maatalous (agriculture), and taloustiede (economics as a discipline).

See also: talous, maatalous, kotitalous, kansantalous, valtiontalous, taloustiede.