Sweden: 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Information Annex; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden

December 2, 2015

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Sweden: 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Information Annex; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that Sweden’s economy is performing well, with real GDP growth of 3.4 percent per year in the first three quarters of 2015, up from 2.3 percent in 2014. Job creation was robust in the first three quarters of 2015, helping bring the unemployment rate down to 7.2 percent in the third quarter. Core inflation rose to 1.4 percent per year on average in recent months, but remains below the 2 percent target. Solid growth of about 3 percent is expected to continue into 2016.

Subject: Banking, Financial institutions, Housing, Housing prices, Income, Inflation, Mortgages, National accounts, Prices

Keywords: Core inflation, CR, Fund staff calculation, Global, Government, Housing, Housing price inflation, Housing prices, Income, Inflation, ISCR, Liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, Mortgage credit growth, Mortgages, Policy

Publication Details

Pages:

52
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2015/329
Stock No:

1SWEEA2015001
ISBN:

9781513559537
ISSN:

1934-7685

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