Governor Stefan Ingves

The Swedish Economy and

Monetary Policy

NBP Warsaw24 May 2012

Financial markets fragile

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Weak growth in the euro area…

GDP, annual percentage change Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Eurostat and the Riksbank

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The world

USA

Euro area

…which dampens Swedish exportsExport market and exports

Quarterly changes in per cent, annual rate, seasonally-adjusted data

Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

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Export

BNP

Improvement at the start of the year

Index, 2007 = 100 Source: Statistics Sweden

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Export of goods

Retail trade index

Some positive signs

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The Economic TendencyIndicatorMean

+/- one standarddeviation

Index, mean value = 100, standard deviation = 10

Source: National Institute of Economic Research

Labour market to deteriorate slightly over the coming year

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Unemployment, percentage of the labour force, seasonally-adjusted data Sources: Statistics Sweden and the

Riksbank

Low inflation

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CPIF

CPI

Annual percentage change Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

Repo rate to remain low

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Repo rate, per cent, quarterly averages Source: The Riksbank

A forecast, not a promise

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Repo rate, per cent, quarterly mean values Source: The Riksbank

Household´s debt

Note. The series refers to the Riksbank's own calculations using data from Statistics Sweden.

Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

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Debt/disposable income

Sweden has a large banking sector that is dependent on other countries…Bank assets in relation to GDP

Note. Per cent. Data refer to December 2010. Sources: ECB, European Commission, Swiss National Bank and the Riksbank

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EstoniaSlovakiaRomaniaBulgariaPolandLatvia

LithuaniaHungary

Czech RepublicFinland

SloveniaLuxembourg

BelgiumItaly

GreeceAveragePortugal

IrelandGermanyDenmark

AustriaFranceSpain

SwedenNetherlands

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The major Swedishbanks' foreign operations

Swedish banks are de facto Nordic-Baltic

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SwedbankSEBNordeaHandelsbanken

Norway:16 %

Denmark:15 %

Finland:39 %

Estonia: 81 %

Latvia: 53 %

Lithuania: 62 %

Sweden:75 %

Market share of Swedish banks inNordic and Baltic countries, late 2009

Sources: Official and industry data, Riksbank estimates