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2008-11-26
Very pessimistic expectations in Swedish business sector
The current financial crisis and the global and domestic slowdown in economic activity are having an increasingly deep and broad impact on the Swedish business sector. All the sectors included in the...

2008-11-26
Economic Tendency Survey
Business and consumer. November 2008
The Economic Tendency Indicator, which measures sentiment in the Swedish economy, continued to fall in November. The indicator fell by nearly eight points to 71.6, which is the lowest value since the...

2008-11-26
Households pessimistic about current situation in Swedish economy
Consumer confidence in the economic situation has not changed appreciably since last month and remains considerably gloomier than normal. The Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI) is -24.5, compared with...

2008-11-13
Lower Equilibrium Unemployment After the 2007 Pay Negotiations
Despite a strong labour market, pay increases after the 2007 round of collective bargaining have been lower than expected. The low rate of wage increases suggests that wage formation, from the...