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            <title><![CDATA[How to get children reading again amid the reading crisis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[At a time when warnings about a reading crisis are once again growing louder, the question on everyone’s lips is: How do you get children to read more? At the Gothenburg Book Fair, the young readers know what matters most.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD forecasts higher inflation and weaker growth amid energy and trade risks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation will be higher and growth lower, predicts the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, in a recent report on the outlook for the rest of the year and 2027. “Further monetary policy adjustments may be needed if price pressures show signs of broadening or if growth prospects weaken significantly,” the organization writes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PISA chief says Sweden needs a school overhaul to reverse falling reading results]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Teenagers in Sweden and around the world have become significantly worse at reading in just a few years. If the trend is to be reversed, a complete overhaul is needed, argues OECD education director Andreas Schleicher. Digitalization has been thrown at schools without thought, he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:08:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Liberals want to ban personal screens in Swedish schools]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After the Pisa crash for Swedish students, the Liberals want to completely ban personal screens in schools.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:02:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Researcher calls for more reading training in upper secondary school after Pisa slump]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Pisa survey's finding that every third Swedish 15-year-old can only read very simple texts indicates that a major effort is needed in teaching. We cannot let 15-year-olds go to upper secondary school without sufficient reading skills. Therefore, schools should continue with basic reading comprehension training even in upper secondary school, says researcher Camilla Olsson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mohamsson blames screens for Sweden’s Pisa slump, Andersson points to school cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Education Minister Simona Mohamsson (L) says screens are to blame for the decline in the Pisa survey. But S leader Magdalena Andersson points to a lack of resources and large class sizes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:37:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish students post their worst-ever PISA results in reading, math and science]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The decline in knowledge among Swedish students is severe in the latest PISA survey. Overall, they have never performed so poorly in mathematics, reading comprehension and science in any survey in the past 25 years. It is a bleak picture, says Anna Castberg, head of analysis at the Swedish National Agency for Education.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD growth edges up to 0.5% in second quarter, German and US growth slows]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Growth in OECD countries rose slightly to 0.5 percent in the second quarter, according to data from 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). That compares with growth of 0.4 percent in the first quarter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD fears global recession, but Sweden is growing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The global economy is being affected by the conflict in the Middle East and an energy price shock, which have already slowed growth. However, the Swedish economy is growing, according to a forecast update from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD warns of global economic setback as Iran war drags on]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The risks to the global economy grow the longer the Iran war drags on, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann told Bloomberg in connection with a G7 meeting in Paris.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:10:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The pandemic continues to plague, costing billions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Post-COVID is not just a healthcare problem, but also an economic challenge. A new OECD report describes the extensive economic consequences of the disease.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:46:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD lowers growth forecast for eurozone and UK this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In an updated economic outlook, OECD economists are lowering their growth forecasts for both the eurozone and the UK this year. However, the outlook for the US and Russia is brighter than before.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[American multinational companies exempt from 15 percent global minimum tax after Trump administration talks with G7]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[American multinational companies are exempt from the requirement to pay a global minimum tax of 15 percent following negotiations between the Trump administration and the G7 countries.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Preschool staff rating: A from parents]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Almost all employees in Swedish preschools feel appreciated by their children's parents. But many believe they will have left the profession within five years, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD: Swedish economy will pick up next year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The global economy is performing stronger than expected this year, but the Swedish economy will not pick up until 2026, writes the OECD in a new report. But the forecasts remain fragile and high valuations in the AI sector are being highlighted as a risk factor.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Teachers Report Job Satisfaction Despite Stress and Challenges]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nine out of ten upper secondary school teachers like their job, and the proportion who expect to stay in the profession has increased. But Swedish teachers also testify to stress and chaos. The work of creating a study environment has become more demanding and stressful, says Anna Castberg at the National Agency for Education.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD Updates Global Economic Growth Forecast for This Year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The global economy is expected to perform stronger than previous forecasts, according to OECD. The threat of tariffs has decreased somewhat at the same time as AI investments and China's authorities trying to get the economy going, contribute.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEC Challenges Global Sustainability Reporting Standards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Multinational major companies that use international accounting standards may soon lose the nearly 20-year exemption from American accounting requirements.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Denmark to Remove 25% Book VAT to Address Reading Crisis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[To combat the "reading crisis" Denmark's government will remove the VAT on books to get more citizens to buy them, the Minister of Culture announced on Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nvidia Surpasses Microsoft as Top Valued Company Amid Market Gains]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US stock exchange closed on a plus following stronger labor market figures. At the same time, the semiconductor giant Nvidia once again took back the position as the world's highest valued stock exchange company.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OECD Cuts Global Growth Forecast Amid Trade and Inflation Concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The collaboration organization OECD is lowering its prognosis for global growth to 2.9 percent in 2025 and 2026 – the lowest growth since the pandemic year 2020. The Trump administration's trade war and economic uncertainty are braking trade and investments more than expected.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Tariffs on US Goods: Are They Really Unfair?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump accuses the world's trading partners of years of unfair treatment of the USA. But the EU's tariffs against the USA do not stand out. They are similar, says Per Altenberg, trade strategist at the National Board of Trade.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The US stock market rose for the second day in a row]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After four brutal weeks, the New York stock exchange went into the red with rising prices for the second trading day in a row.]]></description>
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