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Economy

Sweden boasts hefty budget surplus for 2011

Sweden’s national debt office (Riksgälden) stated on Tuesday that the country’s budget surplus from 2011 stood at 68 billion kronor ($9.85 billion).

trade

Swedish trade surplus continues to swell

Sweden posted a 10 billion kronor ($1.4 billion) trade surplus in November, up from a 2.1 billion kronor surplus in November 2009, data released Wednesday by Statistics Sweden showed.

Economy

Sweden's state coffers bulge further

The Swedish central government had a surplus in payments -- or negative borrowing requirement -- of 13.5 billion kronor ($2.28 billion) in May, the Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgälden) said.

Economy

Sweden's budget surplus surpasses forecasts

The Swedish central government had a surplus in payments of 56.2 billion kronor in February, the highest monthly surplus since June of 2000.

Economy

Sweden lowers budget surplus forecast

The National Debt Office (Riksgälden) lowered its estimate of Sweden’s 2008 budget surplus by 12.9 percent to 101 billion kronor ($16.2 billion).