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‘A glimpse of hope’ - Nordea Economic Outlook published today

2012-03-27
In Nordea's Economic Outlook out today the headline ‘A glimpse of hope’ refers to the new seemingly more favourable prospects for the global economy after the financial drama of 2011.
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CSR report 2011 published

2012-02-17
The fourth edition of the Nordea CSR Report covering initiatives and activities in 2011 is now published.
Be connected

Facebook’s initial public offering

2012-02-06
Facebook will float on the stock exchange, and speculations are that the company’s market cap will end up at USD 100bn.
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The outlook for oil prices is highly uncertain

2012-01-31
Despite a softer fundamental supply/demand balance, the Brent oil price is still hovering around USD 110/barrel as the political risk premium has increased markedly since mid-December.
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The clock is ticking – Monday’s EU meeting is vital for the oil market

2012-01-20
The clock is ticking – Monday is vital for the oil market and oil prices as the EU members will meet to finalize new sanctions against Iran. International pressure is mounting on Iran to suspend its nuclear enrichment program
Drilling rig

Oil is the world’s most powerful political tool at the moment

2012-01-09
While softer supply/demand balances point to weaker oil prices in H1 2012, global geopolitical risk outweighs the bearish fundamental signal.
Anders Matzen

Euro area turnaround on the way?

2012-01-05
At the beginning of 2012 most observers and analysts expect the sovereign debt crisis to rumble on and perhaps even deteriorate further.
Bonfire

Don’t despair if there’s no snow this Christmas

2011-12-23
Don’t despair if there’s no snow this Christmas, if there are no icy waters to test your skates on or your skis remain unwaxed in the booth – you won’t be bored because there’ll be a lot of exciting news from the oil market!
Rates forecast

Global rates forecast update: While waiting for Santa Claus, Draghi will deliver

2011-12-05
EU leaders are not expected to agree on a grand bargain to contain the debt crisis – at least not on this side of Christmas. Instead European Central Bank president Drahgi on 8 December will cut rates and offer 2-3 year LTRO’s, signalling leading rates will be lower for longer.
Central Bank Watch

Central Bank Watch Sweden: New governors at the Riksbank

2011-12-02
Today, the General Council of the Riksbank, decided to appoint Kerstin af Jochnick and Per Jansson as new members of the Executive Board of the Riksbank.
Oil prices

Oil price forecast: High oil price offers new production opportunities

2011-12-02
A modest start to the forecast period before oil prices regain strength.

Euro area update: The Euro area in the debt crisis maelstrom

2011-11-30
In our latest Economic Outlook from the end of August we pointed to a significant risk of a mild recession in the Euro area. In particular we saw a continuation of the sovereign debt crisis as a key trigger for such a recession.
US update

US update: No recession, but slower growth

2011-11-30
While the US economy looks healthier in the near term, there are reasons to believe that growth will slow in H1 2012.

Sweden: Weak trend in imports explains rising trade balance

2011-11-28
The October trade balance beat expectations. However, the better than expected figure is more due to low imports rather than strong exports.

Western banks – the big elephant in CEE

2011-11-21
The situation in Western Europe has worsened recently with the banks being in focus again

Asia update: Consequences of Euro banks leaving Asia

2011-11-17
Despite the joint effort from both the ECB, the IMF,the EU institutions and not least Germany and France, the solution to the European debt crisis seems to have not come much closer.

Swedish manufacturing PMI better than feared

2011-11-01
The PMI rose to 49.8 in October, better than we had expected and well above the consensus’ forecast. The uptick shaves off some downside risks that we have seen for industrial production.

Swedish October Business Tendency Survey: Weak

2011-10-28
Growth is slowing markedly in the business sector and the Riksbank will have to revise down its growth forecasts. That are the main conclusions from the NIER’s Business Tendency Survey for October.

Sweden: Signs of labour market reaching a turning point

2011-10-13
Total unemployment, according to the Swedish Public Employment Service (SPES), was 8.1% in September, compared to 8.8% a year ago.

The outlook for the Nordics is fine

2010-08-30