The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “Everyone is talking about the problems, no one is talking about how well things are going”
Several of the major Swedish companies say that they have never experienced such a favourable economic situation as now. This is described in the Riksbank's latest Business Survey. It is primarily manufacturing industry companies that are satisfied with the situation. Construction activity is relatively weaker, but is nevertheless perceived as somewhat better than normal. At the same time, companies generally emphasize that the current uncertainty makes it difficult to assess how the future will be. “We’re in tricky territory right now” says one respondent. Today's strong economic situation