Inflation fell more than expected in August, largely due to lower energy prices. This paves the way for a series of interest rate cuts from the Swedish Central Bank. The Swedish economy needs to get a clearer signal, and that's what you get with a 50-point cut, according to Mattias Persson, chief economist at Swedbank.
BusinessUnique, unexpected and historic. This is how anti-corruption expert Louise Brown describes the prison sentence against Swedbank's former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen.
BusinessThe verdict against Swedbank's former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen will be appealed. Of course, says her lawyer Per E Samuelson to TT and describes that he "is in shock" over the verdict.
BusinessThe Court of Appeal's verdict, where the former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen is sentenced to one year and three months' imprisonment for gross fraud, is welcomed by the CEO of Aktiespararna, Joacim Olsson. According to Olsson, investors and the general public were misled by Bonnesen. The legal system works, he says.
BusinessShe was acquitted in the district court, but the court of appeal makes a different assessment. Swedbank's former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen is sentenced to prison for one year and three months for gross fraud.
BusinessLowered tax on work and pensions will entail a certain strengthening for Swedish households. But it's not about large sums, believes private economist Arturo Arques. I don't think pensioners will jump for joy, he says.
BusinessThe Stockholm stock exchange continued to fall on Thursday for the fourth day in a row. The broad OMXS index fell by 0.8 per cent. An unexpectedly weak jobs figure from the USA contributed to the decline.
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