Economic tendency indicator still strong
The Economic Tendency Indicator fell from 112.3 in July to 110.7 in August, but remains above 110 and so still points to much stronger sentiment than normal in the Swedish economy. The main reason for the decrease was a fall in the manufacturing indicator. The manufacturing indicator was nevertheless the strongest of the business sector indicators for a fifth successive month and continues to paint the picture of an unusually strong situation in the industry. The retail trade also contributed to the drop in the overall confidence indicator, as did consumers, whose optimism fell back to the
Finnish independent media startup Kieku Labs has taken its total funding to 0.7M€ on its mission to bring talk audio with radio-like simplicity back as everyday media content. The majority of the funding has been raised from Swedish serial entrepreneurs Gert Nordin and Erik Fischbeck, backed by Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation.
"The new service that Kieku offers will help make your listening experience more interesting and meaningful. We want to make it easy to find new influencers and experts in your personal areas of interest.”
“The AI core
