Press Archive

2007-02-23
New indicator summarises business and consumer economic sentiment
The National Institute of Economic Research is introducing a new indicator, which summarises business and consumer economic sentiment and provides a picture of the total economic situation. The new...

2007-02-23
The very strong construction industry forecasts continued robust growth
Manufacturing industry also forecasts continued output growth in the next few months. The construction indicator is at its highest ever level. Nine out of ten firms in the retail trade are satisfied...

2007-02-23
Consumer Tendency Survey. February 2007
Consumer optimism increased substantially in February. The Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI), which measures consumer confidence in personal finances and the Swedish economy, rose to 18.7. This is an...

2007-02-20
Urban Hansson Brusewitz New Director of Forecasting at NIER
Urban Hansson Brusewitz, currently Minister at Sweden´s delegation to the OECD, will join the NIER as Director of Forecasting effectiveMay 21, 2007.

2007-02-15
"Documentation of NIER´s Dynamic General Equlibrium Model of the Swedish Economy"
KIMOD 1.0 is an annual large-scale macroeconomic model2 of the Swedish economy and is the result of a project that started in 2002 at the National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) in Sweden. In...

2007-02-01
Mats Dillén new Director General
The Swedish Government has today announced Mats Dillén as Director Gereral at the NIER from February 1st. His appointment is 6 years. Mats Dillén has a Ph D and has been Director of the Forecasting...