Sweden government cuts growth forecast for 2025
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 18, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 18, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Sweden's government cuts its 2025 growth forecast to 2.0% and predicts prolonged economic weakness, with GDP growth for 2024 adjusted to 0.6%.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government on Wednesday cut its forecast for economic growth in 2025 to 2.0% from 2.5% seen previously and said it looked like the economy would be weak for some time.
GDP growth for 2024 was meanwhile seen at 0.6%, down from 0.8% seen in September, the finance ministry projections showed.
It predicted headline inflation of 1.9% this year and 2.0% in 2025. It in September forecast 1.9% and 1.7% respectively.
"It looks like the economy will be weak for some time," Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said.
(Reporting by Isabelle Yr Carlsson, editing by Louise Rasmussen)
The main topic is Sweden's revised economic growth forecast, with the government lowering its 2025 growth projection to 2.0%.
The Swedish government forecasts GDP growth of 0.6% for 2024 and 2.0% for 2025.
The forecast was provided by Sweden's finance ministry, with comments from Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
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