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Economic Survey - Sweden 2004: More sustainable public finances

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05-Feb-2004

What is the likely impact on public finances from the ageing population? How can the government prepare for the demographic changes? What can be done to facilitate an improvement of central government ...

Economic Survey - Sweden 2004: Harnessing resources more effectively

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05-Feb-2004

What measures could encourage young people to complete education more quickly? How can integration of immigrants into the labour market be improved? What can be done to reduce sick leave? What should be ...

Economic Survey - Sweden 2004 : Product market competition and economic performance

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05-Feb-2004

What could be done to boost productivity growth? Does the institutional framework for competition need strengthening? Which sectors require specific measures? How can the public sector be exposed to more competition?

Economic Survey - Sweden 2004: Key challenges for living standards and the welfare state

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05-Feb-2004

Is Sweden’s macroeconomic framework working well? What are the key challenges facing the Swedish economy?

Enhancing the effectiveness of public expenditure in Sweden

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10-Dec-2002

Deborah Roseveare

Economics Department Working Paper 345. This paper analyses the main features of Sweden's public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. Public spending is high relative to GDP, reflecting the ...

Presentation by Jean-Philippe Cotis at the Annual Economic Outlook Conference (SNS), Stockholm

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21-Oct-2002

Presentation by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis at the Annual Economic Outlook Conference of the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS), Stockholm, Sweden on 9 October 2002.

Economic Survey - Sweden 2002

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26-Jun-2002

Sweden's economic performance has remained robust despite the slowdown last year and its prospects are bright. Macroeconomic policies may need to adjust as the economy picks up, while structural reforms ...

Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth in Sweden

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08-Mar-2001

Deborah Roseveare

Economics Department working paper 289. This paper analyses Sweden's policies for addressing a range of key environmental challenges. Although Sweden has a deliberately comprehensive approach to establishing ...

Economic Survey of Sweden, 2001

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11-Feb-2001

Sweden is now profiting from the macroeconomic and structural reforms undertaken in the wake of the severe recession of the early 1990s. Output has been growing at around 4 per cent per year, while inflation ...

Latest Economic Outlook

An Interim Economic Assessement for the OECD countries, released on 3 September 2009, is also available.

Economic Outlook n°85

Economic Survey of Denmark 2009