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            <title><![CDATA[Parties shower households with election pledges, but economists warn of a downside]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The parties are pouring billions into the election campaign to support voters' wallets. But many economists are critical. There is a downside to all the promises, says Madelén Falkenhäll, economist at Swedbank.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economists urge restraint as Swedish election promises focus on tax cuts and stimulus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The election campaign is in full swing and politicians are luring voters with lower taxes and fuller wallets. But economists say that is the wrong focus and that households are doing well enough. It has become a competition over different kinds of candy that I honestly think voters are tired of, says economist John Hassler.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:00:17 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[War premium on mortgage interest rates - series of increases by major mortgage lenders]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nordea, SBAB, Swedbank, Danske Bank - a series of major mortgage lenders - have raised fixed mortgage rates in recent days. Experts describe this as a result of the war premium that banks have to pay on their mortgage bonds after the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Municipalities that raise taxes will face a penalty fee for three years]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Municipalities and regions that raise taxes will have to pay a fee - for three years. This is what a new investigation suggests. Paying this 25 percent will be a punishment, says investigator Annika Wallenskog at a press conference.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Creative Destruction Theory Wins Economics Prize for Sustained Growth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How is it that we have had two hundred years of sustained economic growth? This is something that Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have answered in different ways in their research, for which they are now receiving the Economics Prize. It is about, among other things, "creative destruction".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:49:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Criticism Grows as Swedish Banks Lag in Lowering Mortgage Rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[That the major banks have not lowered the mortgage rates as much as the Central Bank upsets the politicians. The leader of the Social Democrats Magdalena Andersson describes it as "damn it".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedbank Economist Criticizes Swedish Budget as Ineffective]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Tidö parties' budget initiative is larger than many had thought beforehand. The content is, however, far from what the Swedish economy needs, according to several assessors. It is an own goal, says Swedbank's chief economist Mattias Persson about the initiative that the government is missing according to him.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economists Suggest Swedish Central Bank Should Have Lowered Rates Sooner]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Central Bank would have lowered the interest rate faster. This view is held by a number of economists in a report where the Swedish Central Bank's monetary policy in 2024 is evaluated.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:39:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Invests in 48,000 Electric Mopeds for Ghana to Offset Emissions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden is investing 109 million kronor in 48,000 new electric mopeds in Ghana. The investment is intended to compensate for Swedes' emissions of greenhouse gases, reports Dagens Nyheter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:30:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defense Spending Surge Set to Raise Interest Rates, Warns Nordea Economist]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The massive investment in defense – 300 billion kronor over ten years – will push up interest rates, warns Nordea's chief economist Annika Winsth. The demand for money in Europe will be higher and then the price of money, that is the interest rate, will also rise, she says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proposal: Let Property Tax Finance the Defense]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Increased taxes, deficit targets or a Swedish equivalent to Elon Musk's downsizing institute Doge? Tough choices and priorities are to be expected when Sweden needs to invest even more in defense. This is what some of the country's leading economists think.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Mission: Reviewing the Climate Policy Goals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Government and the Sweden Democrats want to review the intermediate targets for Sweden's climate policy. The purpose is for them to be adapted more to the EU's legislation. The Green Party calls it a "smokescreen maneuver".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The proposal: Softer requirements for mortgages]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Abolished amortization requirements and increased mortgage ceiling, propose heavyweight economists in an investigation to the government. The Financial Supervisory Authority warns that the effects will only be higher debts and prices.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 07:13:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As the climate policy: Like a farce]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Climate Policy of the Government Parties receives harsh criticism from parts of the opposition. The Social Democrats call it "a farce".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Investigator: Amortization Requirements Should Be Lowered]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Swedish Central Bank can move faster]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish economy shrinks and inflation is expected to fall even further below target when new inflation figures are presented on Thursday. The Swedish Central Bank could move faster, says Albin Kainelainen, Director-General of the National Institute of Economic Research (KI).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 03:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reduced working hours "can cost hundreds of billions"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The proposal to reduce working hours to 35 hours a week would cost "hundreds of billions of kronor" per year, according to national economist John Hassler at Stockholm University. The question is whether we think it's worth it?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
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