Guidelines for central government debt management in 2013
Today the Government decided on guidelines for central government debt management. The direction of debt policy remains unchanged. The Government's decision places more focus on the robustness of the debt by emphasising refinancing risks and increasing long-term financing to some extent.
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Minister for Finance about the major measures in the Budget Bill 2013
Anders Borg
20 September 2012 -
Discussion: What can Sweden learn from the German economy?
Minister Dr Wolfgang Schäuble and Minister Anders Borg
7 September 2012 -
High capital adequacy an important issue for the Government
Peter Norman
7 June 2012 -
Introduction
Anders Borg, Minister of Finance, Sweden
7 May 2012
The budget for 2013: Investing in the future
In the Budget Bill for 2013, the Government presents proposals to strengthen growth and prevent people from becoming stuck in unemployment. The strong Swedish public finances enable the Government to propose measures totalling SEK 22.7 billion in 2013. This still leaves margins to further stimulate the economy should the crisis in the euro area deepen.
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Discussion: What can Sweden learn from the German economy?
Minister Dr Wolfgang Schäuble and Minister Anders Borg
7 September 2012 -
Press Conference after the conference - Fiscal lessons for Sweden from the German economy
Minister Dr Wolfgang Schäuble and Minister Anders Borg
7 September 2012 -
The performance of the German economy during the crisis
Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, German Federal Minister of Finance
7 September 2012 -
Structural reforms and the functioning of the labour market
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Professor of Economics at Bonn University and Director of the Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA
7 September 2012 -
Youth unemployment, apprenticeship programmes and start-up subsidies
Marco Caliendo, Professor of Empirical Economics at the University of Potsdam and Programme Director for the area Evaluation of Labor Market Programmes at IZA
7 September 2012 -
Comments
Peter Fredriksson, Professor at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Lena Schröder, Associate Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University and Cecilia Fahlberg, President of the trade union Unionen
7 September 2012
Conference on need for reforms for more jobs and stable growth
On 7 September, the Ministry of Finance held a conference on the need for reforms to bring about more jobs and stable growth, and what Sweden can learn from the German economy. The conference was webcast live. German Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble and Swedish Minister for Finance Anders Borg were among the participants and their press meeting at the conclusion of the conference was also webcast live. You can select which part of the conference you would like to see by clicking on the arrow to the right in the player.
Increased reform scope to focus on investment in more jobs
The Swedish economy is showing resilience. The country's public finances are among the strongest in Europe, which provides scope for boosting investment to create more jobs in growing enterprises, while policies aimed at reducing exclusion and creating more paths into jobs for people who are far removed from the labour market will continue.
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High capital adequacy an important issue for the Government
Peter Norman
7 June 2012 -
Minister for Finance about the major measures in the Budget Bill 2013
Anders Borg
20 September 2012 -
Discussion: What can Sweden learn from the German economy?
Minister Dr Wolfgang Schäuble and Minister Anders Borg
7 September 2012 -
Introduction
Anders Borg, Minister of Finance, Sweden
7 May 2012
High capital adequacy - an important issue for the Government
Since 15 May, EU countries have had the option of independently imposing stricter capital requirements on their major banks. This is good news for the Swedish Government, which has developed a framework for financial stability. Minister for Financial Markets Peter Norman explains why the issue is so important to Sweden.
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Introduction
Anders Borg, Minister of Finance, Sweden
7 May 2012 -
Experiences from fiscal consolidation in Latvia
Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister, Latvia
7 May 2012 -
The role of structural reforms in fiscal consolidation
Pietro Carlo Padoan, Chief Economist OECD
7 May 2012 -
Macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidations: evidence of non-Keynesian effects
Göran Hjelm, Head of Research, National Institute of Economic Research, Sweden
7 May 2012 -
Panel discussion
Chair: Eric M. Leeper, Professor, Indiana University, Jurgen Ligi, Minister of Finance, Estonia, Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance), Canada, Lucio R. Pench, Director Fiscal policy, Belgium, Roel Beetsma, Professor, Amsterdam School of Economics
7 May 2012 -
Recent fiscal consolidation programs in Italy: rationale, design and performance
Vittorio Grilli, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
7 May 2012 -
Designing fiscal consolidation programs: what works?
Carlo Cottarelli, Director Fiscal Affairs Department IMF
7 May 2012 -
Panel discussion
Chair: Roel Beetsma, Professor, University of Amsterdam, Gudmundur Arnason, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Iceland, Chris Barrett, Former Chief of Staff, Ambassador to the OECD, Treasury, Australia, Vitor Gaspar, Minister of State and Finance,
7 May 2012 -
The role of fiscal rules in medium-term budget planning
Joachim Wehner, Senior Lecturer, London School of Economics
8 May 2012 -
A case for binding medium-term budgetary frameworks: key elements and crosscountry performance
Gösta Ljungman, Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
8 May 2012 -
Fiscal forecasting in Europe
Roel Beetsma, Professor, University of Amsterdam
8 May 2012 -
Panel discussion
Chair: Pietro Carlo Padoan, Chief Economist OECD Robert Chote, Chairman of the office for budget responsibility, Great Britain, Daniele Franco, Managing director for economic research and international relations, Banca d´Italia, John Hassler, Professor, I
8 May 2012 -
The Swedish Medium-Term Budgetary Framework
Urban Hansson-Brusewitz, Budget Director, Sweden; Robert Boije, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance, Sweden
8 May 2012 -
Independent macroeconomic and fiscal forecasting: the role and responsibilities of the CPB in The Netherlands
Coen N. Teulings, Director, Central Planning Bureau, the Netherlands
8 May 2012 -
Transparency Framework in Australia and New Zealand
Chris Barrett, Australia's Ambassador to the OECD; Anne-Marie Brooks, Principal Advisor, New Zealand Treasury
8 May 2012 -
Panel discussion - conference conclusions
Chair: Anders Borg, Minister of Finance, Sweden, Carlo Cottarelli, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Dept., IMF, Vittorio Grilli, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy, Eric M. Leeper, Professor, Indiana University, Andris Vilks, Minister of Finance,
8 May 2012
IMF and Sweden host international conference on fiscal consolidation and budgetary frameworks
The Swedish Finance Ministry and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are convening a high-level conference in Stockholm on May 7-8, 2012. The conference will bring together policy-makers, practitioners, and academics from around the world to review current fiscal programs, discuss options, and propose solutions. In particular, the conference will focus on designing and implementing medium-term plans that restore fiscal sustainability while promoting broad-based economic growth. Among the participants are Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton, Deputy Minister of Economic and Finance in Italy Vittorio Grilli and the Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis.
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Anders Borg doorstep before Ecofin May 2012
Anders Borg - Minister for Finance
2 May 2012
Comment by Anders Borg before today's Ecofin meeting
On 2 May, Minister for Finance Anders Borg meets the press before the Ecofin Council meeting in Brussels.
A policy to promote jobs and welfare
The Swedish economy is expected to slow down markedly in 2012 in the wake of the European debt crisis. Given the risk of significantly weaker economic growth, the need remains for good safety margins in the public finances so as to continue to have the capacity to cushion the impact of a deeper crisis on jobs and welfare. Consequently, there will be limited scope for reforms in the budget for 2013. This scope should be used primarily for measures that prevent unemployment becoming persistent, strengthen the functioning of the economy, improve the financial position of vulnerable groups and strengthen welfare.
Anders Borg and Gunilla Carlsson present this year' World Bank report on gender equality as smart economics
On 31 January, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson are to present the World Development Report 2012 in Stockholm, together with the report' principle author, Dr Ana Revenga (World Bank).
Proposal on higher capital adequacy requirements to reduce vulnerability of the Swedish economy
The Government is to propose higher capital adequacy requirements for systemically important banks in an effort to strengthen the stability of the Swedish banking system and reduce the vulnerability of the Swedish economy. The proposal means that the banks are to have core Tier 1 capital equivalent to at least 10 per cent of risk-weighted assets in 2013 and 12 per cent of risk-weighted assets in 2015. Minister for Financial Markets Peter Norman will give a more detailed presentation at a press conference today.
