EWD - Sweden: Stockholm's Slowdown Syndrome
Europe: The Week Ahead (Apr 22-26)
Market participants are set to receive a fresh picture of Sweden’s economic health in the week ahead, as global growth concerns have generally dampened consumer and business confidence in the country.
While the Swedish labor market has strengthened, with unemployment at its lowest level in a decade, broader economic conditions have been sending mixed signals, amid uncertainties over the pace of international growth, as well as elevated domestic household indebtedness.
Among the country’s economic sectors, the Riksbank – Sweden’s central bank – highlighted the housing market as “the greatest