Press Archive

2006-12-28
Employment is mainly rising
in the private service sector
The last Business Tendency Survey of the year indicates that the situation remains strong in most sectors and that expectations for the next few months are optimistic. Industrial firms report continued...

2006-12-28
Consumer Survey. December 2006
Household expectations were somewhat more optimistic in December than a month earlier, and the Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI) rose to 15.1 from 14.1 in November. The CCI has held steady...

2006-12-20
Extremely Strong Labour Market - 140 000 More New Jobs in 2006-2008
The Swedish economy is in a highly expansionary phase. GDP will grow by 4.3 percent in 2006, 3.6 percent in 2007 and 3.2 percent in 2008. Labour supply and employment have shown surprising increases...

2006-12-20
Effects of the New Government's
Economic Policy
The new Government´s budget bill contains many reforms that will affect the development of the economy in Sweden. This special analysis discusses the reforms that are expected to have the greatest...

2006-12-13
The Significance of Transport Costs in the Swedish Forest Industry
Environmental and transport policies based on marginal external costs, such as a kilometer tax for heavy goods vehicles, can be constrained by the risk of industries incurring higher production costs...