Nordic-Baltic Business Report
Remarkably resilient in the face of global headwinds
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About the Nordic-Baltic Business Report
Key findings
Nordic-Baltic Business Report is a product of Swedbank Macro Research
Summary Sheet
Estonia: Work in progress
World leader in digital services
Economy matures
Latvia: Flying into demographic headwinds
Strong growth and solid fundamentals
Future growth relies on the ability to tame demographic headwinds
Lithuania: Happily doing business
Sound foundations
Business friendliness and human capital
Sweden: Potent fiscal policy to address bottlenecks
There is room for a more expansionary fiscal policy
Weak productivity growth impedes the Swedish economy
Denmark: Economy set to continue expanding
Continued expansion dampened by external risks
Labour supply shortage and household indebtedness most important domestic risks
Finland: Challenges motivate
Much has been improved, more is to be done
Reform-minded and innovative economy
Norway: Robust economy reliant on external growth
2019 will be a good year for the Norwegian economy
Competitiveness and housing market main concerns going forward
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Early warning indicators
Sustainable economic development indicators
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