IMF Staff Country Reports

Sweden: Selected Issues

September 5, 2013

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Summary

This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden’s fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 2008–2009. The IMF report posits that with potential growth moderately weaker and the natural rate of unemployment to remain elevated, policies should focus on growth-enhancing reforms, especially in the labor market. It suggests that good policies that secure the soundness of Swedish international banking groups are expected to benefit borrowers not only in Sweden but across the region.

Subject: Banking, Contingent liabilities, Covered bonds, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal space, Housing prices, Labor, Prices, Public financial management (PFM), Unemployment rate

Keywords: Baltics, Bank, Borrower, Contingent liabilities, Cover pool, Covered bonds, CR, Depositor, Fiscal space, Fund staff calculation, General government net lending, Global, Housing prices, ISCR, Output gap, Output gap estimate, Target rule, Unemployment rate, Uninsured depositor

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    65

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2013/277

  • Stock No:

    1SWEEA2013002

  • ISBN:

    9781484382554

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685