Joy – Confidence in the Future Is Increasing Among Small Businesses

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Swedish small businesses are breathing the morning air. Confidence in the future among companies is the strongest since 2022.

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The krona is strengthening while stock markets are mixed in Asian time zones. Another confirmation of the upturn in the economy is that small business owners are once again confident in the future, higher than in 2022 before the full-scale invasion war against Ukraine started and at levels last seen in 2011. The annual rate of Swedish inflation rose in September, but remains low.

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Small businesses' faith in the future is back. Now politics will decide whether it stays in the order books – or becomes new jobs throughout the country, writes Karl Ernlund, chief economist at Företagarna.

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Swedish small businesses are breathing the morning air. Business confidence among companies is the strongest since 2022. Several companies are now expecting increased sales and more jobs, shows this autumn's Small Business Barometer from Företagarna, Swedbank and Sparbankerna. "The recovery has now had a clear impact on the everyday lives of small businesses. We see that more companies are getting new business, turnover is increasing and profita…