Sweden: 2016 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden

International Monetary Fund

No 2016/353, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights Sweden’s strong economic performance, with real GDP growth heading for about 3.4 percent in 2016 on the heels of an expansion of just over 4 percent in 2015. Employment has increased by 1.5 percent so far in 2016, pushing unemployment down to about 7 percent. Growth is expected to moderate to a still solid 2.4 percent in 2017. The fiscal deficit is expected to be small in 2016, even as migration-related government spending has almost doubled to about 1.4 percent of GDP owing to the surge in refugee inflows in 2015.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; inflation expectation; government; Occident; holding; ability of Finansinspektionen; macroprudential authority; authorizing legislation; liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident; money market rate; Housing prices; Inflation; Housing; Labor markets; Income; Global; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63
Date: 2016-11-17
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