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Sweden: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation

August 29, 2014

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Sweden: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Sweden’s economy has re-gained speed, following supportive macroeconomic policies and strong household demand. Employment has been rising, but the labor force expanded even more, resulting in higher unemployment mostly among vulnerable groups. Inflation remains very low, driven by external and domestic factors. At the same time, financial stability risks are an increasing concern, reflecting high and rising household debt, accelerating house prices, and Sweden’s very large banking system.

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

Keywords: Baltics, Calculation of the CPI-CT, Center, CPIF inflation, CR, Global, Government, Housing prices, Income, Inflation, Inflation expectation, ISCR, Labor force participation, Liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, Monetary policy, Monetary policy consideration, Mortgages, Service producer price index

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    54

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2014/261

  • Stock No:

    1SWEEA2014001

  • ISBN:

    9781498300308

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685