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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[The Green Party: The government is running gasoline populism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government's new tax cut on gasoline and diesel is pure "gasoline populism," according to the Green Party. But the Social Democrats support the cut, despite the 7.7 billion price tag.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:19:33 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[Calmfors: The arguments for the euro have been strengthened]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden should join the euro, some leading economists believe in a report, financed by Timbro, which will be presented on Monday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden's Defense Budget Increase Sparks Debate on Future Burden]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[NATO countries are in agreement. The requirement of 2 percent of GDP is increased to 5 percent. Sweden's parliament is unanimous, 300 billion will be borrowed to upgrade the defense. It is to impose a burden on future generations. They will have to pay both their own high defense expenditures but also a part of ours, says economics professor Lars Calmfors.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:45:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economists Critique Spring Budget as Outdated Amid Tariff Challenges]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Government's spring budget is cautious and does not take into account Donald Trump's tariff shock, leading economists believe. The ROT deduction may not be what one should focus on first, believes Lars Calmfors, professor emeritus, regarding the largest investment of 4 billion kronor.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:11:16 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[This is why the government is rejecting Northvolt]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government has said a flat no to state aid to crisis-stricken Northvolt. This despite the battery factory being seen as a Swedish prestige project. Sweden has not chosen the path of massive state support, says Energy and Trade Minister Ebba Busch (KD).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 05:26:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Call to the Central Bank: Double Rate Cut]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
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