Sweden was on the road to economic recovery – then Trump happened

The Swedish economy is a person on crutches who has been knocked down from behind by a man with a funny haircut and enormous amounts of sunless tan. But what can be done to

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has presented the spring budget amendment. But where did all the investments in defense go? SVT's Mats Knutson answers.

“The government lacks crisis insight!” the Social Democrats drum into the air when the spring budget is presented. But crisis insight is precisely what the government has. The trade war looks set to crush Elisabeth Svantesson's chances of boasting a recovered economy.

COMMENT. The government's forecast for the Swedish economy is already outdated, an American index reveals. But there is at least one glimmer of hope for the Swedish economy - linked to the upcoming defense buildup.

Sweden was on the road to economic recovery – then Trump happened

The government expects Swedish economic recovery to be delayed by at least half a year as a result of high US tariffs and the global trade war, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson told a press conference announcing Sweden's spring amendment budget.

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) unveiled the government's economic spring bill. A greatly expanded ROT deduction is one of the main numbers.