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            <title><![CDATA[Svantesson defends the support as temporary and targeted]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government's billion SEK support for households and businesses has been criticized by leading economists and called "election pork" by the opposition. However, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) defends the large loans.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 09:32:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economists slam electricity subsidies as insane policy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government's support for households and businesses in the form of electricity subsidies, reduced taxes on gasoline and diesel, and aid to the aviation industry is being criticized by prominent economists. "It is insane policy," says economist John Hassler regarding the electricity subsidies.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 10:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The government wants to borrow billions to lower gasoline and diesel taxes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) wants to borrow money to lower taxes on gasoline and diesel and to fund electricity subsidies. The spring budget includes unfunded proposals totaling SEK 7.7 billion. There are preparations for an additional SEK 8 billion in tax cuts ahead of the autumn elections.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Andersson: No unfunded proposals in the spring budget]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[S leader Magdalena Andersson said at a press conference she expects the government not to include any unfunded proposals in the spring budget amendment.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Svantesson: I will not apologize]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Policy Council describes the report published today as "the most serious criticism ever." But Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) does not think she has done anything wrong.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sharp criticism of the government over remarkable borrowing to fund defense and income tax cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Policy Council is issuing its sharpest criticism yet of fiscal policy. According to the expert authority, borrowing money to fund defense while simultaneously cutting income tax is striking. Future generations will have to pay, Council Chairman Lars Heikensten says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Svantesson says the money for new reforms has run out]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The scope for reform for the entire next term is basically over, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) said. It is "deeply irresponsible" and a shocking statement, Social Democrat Mikael Damberg said. Damberg said it was a testament to irresponsible economic policy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Göran Hjelm, possible dove, takes seat on Riksbank Executive Board]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Göran Hjelm, head of the Fiscal Policy Council, has been appointed a new member of the Swedish Central Bank's Executive Board. The announcement comes as a surprise to economists, as he is not particularly well-known. "It was not what I had expected," said SEB's chief economist Jens Magnusson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Relief in the amortization requirement may be introduced in our]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government is moving forward with easing amortization requirements and a raised mortgage ceiling. The aim is, among other things, to help young people enter the housing market. At the same time, there is a warning that the proposal could lead to higher housing prices.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:15:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elderly Care Costs Lag Behind Growing Needs in Sweden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 03:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fiscal Policy Council Criticizes Government's Defense Borrowing Plan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 08:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Climate Minister Rejects Climate Report]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:21:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Svantesson skeptical about higher taxes for defense]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Power Costs Worry the Government's Watchdog]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:27:06 GMT</pubDate>
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