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Elderly Care Costs Lag Behind Growing Needs in Sweden

Elderly Care Costs Lag Behind Growing Needs in Sweden

Thu 15 May 2025 05:26 CEST

The costs for elderly care are not increasing at the same rate as the need, writes the Financial Policy Council in its annual report for 2025. The risk is that we do not have a sufficiently good quality of our care, says the vice chairman Annika Sundén

Fiscal Policy Council Criticizes Government's Defense Borrowing Plan

Fiscal Policy Council Criticizes Government's Defense Borrowing Plan

Wed 14 May 2025 10:51 CEST

The Government should not loan-finance the powerful defence initiative, according to the Fiscal Policy Council's annual review of the Government's policy. Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party) thinks that the Council "misses a very important point"

The Climate Minister Rejects Climate Report

The Climate Minister Rejects Climate Report

Tue 18 Mar 2025 14:21 CET

Svantesson skeptical about higher taxes for defense

Svantesson skeptical about higher taxes for defense

Sun 9 Mar 2025 22:17 CET

It is still unclear how the upgrade of the Swedish defense will be paid for. Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson points more to expenditure prioritizations, increased growth, and the balance target in the state budget being able to provide the billions rather than the tax being raised

Nuclear Power Costs Worry the Government's Watchdog

Nuclear Power Costs Worry the Government's Watchdog

Sun 8 Sept 2024 04:27 CEST

The Fiscal Policy Council, the government's watchdog in economic policy, wants to see a broad political agreement on what nuclear power is allowed to cost the state treasury and how the money is to be allocated.