International press conference with Minister for Finance Anders Borg
Anders Borg invites foreign journalists to a press conference on the Swedish economy, the financial troubles in Europe and his view of the Swedish election campaign to be held on 8 September.
Nordic and Baltic Ministries, Central Banks and Supervisory Authorities, sign Agreement on Financial Stability
A co-operation agreement on cross-border financial stability, crisis management and resolution between the finance ministries and other relevant ministries, central banks and financial supervisory authorities of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden has been signed. The agreement enhances preparedness to handle cross-border financial stability concerns in the financially integrated Nordic-Baltic region. It also establishes the first European cross-border stability group.
European stress test shows good results for Swedish banks
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has in cooperation with the national supervisory authorities conducted a stress test on European banks, among these four Swedish banks. The results confirm previous Swedish stress tests. The Ministry of Finance acknowledges the outcome of the EU-wide stress test and supports this joint effort.
Anders Borg and Gunilla Carlsson host conference on development economics
On 31 May-2 June, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will host the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics. The ABCDE-Conference will gather the most prominent researchers in the area of development economics and decision and policy makers from all around the world. The research issues to be discussed include some of the most urgent global challenges: environment and climate, development issues in light of the economic crisis, weak states and human and social development.
- Pressrelease: Economic heavyweights come to Stockholm to discuss development challenges in a post-crisis world
- Press release: World Bank Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson opens the ABCDE
- ABCDE Sweden - Development Challenges in a Post-Crisis World at World Worldbank's website
- Webcast from the conference
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Introduction, The Long-Term Survey 2011
Docent Oskar Nordström Skans, Ministry of Finance
6 May 2010 -
Anders Borg presents the Swedish budget
20 September 2011 -
The ministers interviewed: Anders Borg
28 October 2010 -
The ministers interviewed: Peter Norman
28 October 2010
How does the Swedish labour market work?
The current Swedish Long-term Survey is making a broad study of how the Swedish labour market works and how it can be improved. Several of the researchers who are now writing reports for the Long-term Survey presented their preliminary results at a conference in May 2010.
Nordic countries welcome approved review of Iceland's IMF programme
The Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden - support Iceland's efforts for economic recovery by providing bilateral loans totalling 1.775 billion euro for disbursement in four equal tranches in the context of Iceland's economic programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and under the condition that Iceland will honour its international obligations.
2010 Spring Fiscal Policy Bill
Stronger policies to promote employment while safeguarding public finances - in the Spring Fiscal Policy Bill the Government states the direction it will take to nurture economic recovery and maps out Sweden's path forward for exit from the crisis. In total, the Government is committing a further SEK 4.9 billion during 2010. The aim is to ensure that those who have suffered most from the crisis do not get left behind and to stimulate the demand for labour.
Update of Sweden's convergence programme 2009
Today, the Government submitted the update of Sweden's convergence programme for 2009 to the EU Commission and the Council.
Ministerial declaration on eGovernment policy
Ministers responsible for eGovernment issues in the EU Member States, applicant countries, candidate countries and the EFTA countries, together representing 34 countries, met yesterday in Malmö where they approved a new ministerial declaration on eGovernment up until 2015. "We want to work together to strengthen our citizens and create a more open public administration. We will make it easier for European citizens and businesses to move across borders", says Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets Mats Odell, who chaired the meeting.
Guidelines for central government debt management in 2010
The Government today decided the guidelines for central government debt management for 2010 to 2012. Under the decision, the Government's stance on the composition and maturity of the central government debt is unchanged. The control system will, however, be adjusted in line with the amended decisions taken earlier in 2009.
