Sweden: 2016 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 17, 2016
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- Published: November 17, 2016
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475553819.002
Macroeconomic performance and outlook
- Real GDP growth: heading for about 3.4 percent in 2016.
- Real GDP growth: expansion of just over 4 percent in 2015.
- Growth projection: expected to moderate to 2.4 percent in 2017.
Labor market
- Employment increase: 1.5 percent so far in 2016.
- Unemployment: pushed down to about 7 percent.
Fiscal position and migration-related spending
- Fiscal deficit: expected to be small in 2016.
- Migration-related government spending: has almost doubled to about 1.4 percent of GDP owing to the surge in refugee inflows in 2015.
Thematic coverage (subjects and keywords)
- Subjects: Banking, Housing, Housing prices, Income, Inflation, Labor, Labor markets, Mortgages, National accounts, Prices.
- Keywords (as listed): ability of Finansinspektionen, authorizing legislation, CR, Europe, Global, government, holding, Housing, Housing prices, Income, Inflation, inflation expectation, ISCR, Labor markets, liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, macroprudential authority, money market rate, Occident.
Publication and document metadata (as provided)
- Pages: 63
- Volume: 2016
- Issue: 353
- Series: Country Report No. 2016/353
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475553819.002
- Stock No: 1SWEEA2016001
- ISBN: 9781475553819
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Publication date (landing page): November 17, 2016
Source: Sweden: 2016 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden, IMF Staff Country Reports 2016, 353 (2016).