Sweden: Selected Issues
Summary:
This Selected Issues paper on Sweden examines developments in the government structural balance. The paper identifies the respective contributions of cyclical and structural factors in the present fiscal consolidation phase. It reviews recent developments and the medium-term fiscal outlook. The paper presents estimates of the structural and cyclical components of the government financial balance. The factors responsible for the fiscal improvement anticipated over the medium term are analyzed. The paper also analyzes the medium-term outlook for public debt, with particular attention to the sensitivity of debt dynamics to different macroeconomic conditions.
Series:
Country Report No. 1997/096
Subject:
Exchange rates Financial services Foreign exchange Labor Public debt Real exchange rates Real interest rates Unemployment
English
Publication Date:
October 31, 1997
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451835847/1934-7685
Stock No:
1SWEEA0011997
Pages:
110
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