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"What we see is that pessimism regarding the global economy has retreated during the beginning of the year and that we have now moved away from the Doomsday scenarios," he said. Borg, who was speaking at a meeting of Swedish industrial companies, said...
They met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Markus Karlsson meets with the Swedish Finance Minister, Anders Borg, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Anders Borg was ranked the best EU-finance minister in...
From left, Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, American economist Nouriel Roubini and Lael Brainard, United States under secretary of the treasury... View Photo »
We have already decided to go for higher standards, and our understanding is that we will have room to do that
The plans don’t alter Sweden’s opposition to a European Union financial transaction tax, which the government in Stockholm argues would encroach on its fiscal sovereignty, Finance Minister Anders Borg said. “There could be other solutions,” Borg said...
Finance Minister Anders Borg signaled his government is losing patience with banks after criticizing the Nordic country’s biggest lenders for failing to pass on lower interest rates to mortgage holders. While the government isn’t planning to introduce a...
“We need income-tax cuts for low-income groups in the long term,” he said in a speech today at the Stockholm School of Economics in the Latvian capital, Riga. “It’s a huge difference when you raise taxes on low-income earners or on income taxes where...
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg talks to the press on January 24, 2012 before an EU Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Austria's finance minister said on January 24 that the eurozone wanted Greek political parties... View Photo »
Finance Minister Anders Borg’s tiger economy will thus lose some of its stripes
Finance Minister Anders Borg said Europe can only hope to survive its debt woes if officials agree to approve measures that would unleash “overwhelming” firepower to end the crisis. Resources spent on Greece’s first rescue have been largely “wasted,”...
Emma Marcegaglia, President of Confindustria, the main employers' organisation in Italy, a country currently at the heart of the eurozone's economic troubles. They met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Markus Karlsson...
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Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg stands next to Finland's Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen in Brussels on January 23, 2012, before taking part in an Eurogroup council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Eurozone finance ministers meet to fine-tune strategy to fight the...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg (L) talks with Finland's Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen (R) at a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels January 23, 2012.
View Photo »From left, Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, American economist Nouriel Roubini and Lael Brainard, United States under secretary of the treasury for international affairs attend a...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L) talks to Danish Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager (R) during a joint meeting of EU-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) finance ministers in Brussels November 8, 2011. EU finance ministers and officials were meeting on Tuesday to discuss the...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L) speaks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on November 8, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries -- Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland -- to discuss...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg, right, smiles as he talks with, from left to right, Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, Spain's Finance Minister Elena Salgado, Austria's Finance Minister Maria Fekter and British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne at the start of an...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L-R) attend an European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 8, 2011. The European Union is running low on credibility due to the debt...
View Photo »Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (L) speaks with Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (R), British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (2nd R), Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (2nd L) and Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter (C) on November 8, 2011 before an Economy...
View Photo »European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi (2nd L) shakes hands with Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (R) before British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (2nd R) and Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (L) on November 8, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L) talks to Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during an European Union (EU) finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 8, 2011. The EU is running low on credibility due to the debt troubles of Greece and Italy, Borg said on...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg ( (L) talks with European Commissioner for internal market and services Michel Barnier (C) and IMF President Christine Lagarde (R) at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels October 22, 2011. The Eurogroup of euro zone finance...
View Photo »European Central Bank president Jean Claude Trichet (L), Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (C) and Polish Finance Minister Jacek Vincent Rostowski talk on October 22, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU Headquarters in Brussels. Luxembourg Prime Minister...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L), EU internal market and services commissioner Michel Barnier (C) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) talk on October 22, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU Headquarters in Brussels. ...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg, left, speaks with Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde during a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Eurozone finance ministers said Saturday they have agreed that banks should...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg speaks to journalists prior to an ECOFIN council meeting on October 4, 2011 at EU Headquarters in Luxembourg.
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg talks to the media prior to the start of the EU finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2011.
View Photo »Spain's Finance Minister Elena Salgado, center, talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, right, and Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg at the start of an EU Finance Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011.
View Photo »British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, right, talks with Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg at the start of an EU Finance Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011.
View Photo »European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, 2nd left, shakes hands with Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg, 2nd right, as he talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, 3rd right, and Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, left, at the start of an EU Finance...
View Photo »Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, his Austrian counterpart Maria Fekter, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (L-R) attend an European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 8, 2011. EU finance ministers and...
View Photo »Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg arrives for a ministerial meeting on the European Stability Mechanism on May 16, 2011 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. EU finance ministers met to discuss the financial aid package for Portugal and Greek debt crisis.
View Photo »Polish Finance Minister Jacek Vincent Rostowski (L) and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg talk on October 22, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU Headquarters in Brussels. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the 17-nation eurogroup, said on...
View Photo »International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg talk on October 22, 2011 before an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU Headquarters in Brussels. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the...
View Photo »German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, right, talks with Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado, left, and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, during the EU finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Eurozone leaders will likely boost the firepower of their...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg speaks to media on April 13, 2011 during a news conference in Stockholm. Sweden's centre-right government painted a rosy picture of the country's economy Wednesday, saying tax cuts were likely and predicting strong growth, low unemployment and a...
View Photo »Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg stands next to Finland's Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen in Brussels on January 23, 2012, before taking part in an Eurogroup council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Eurozone finance ministers meet to fine-tune strategy to fight the...
View Photo »We have already decided to go for higher standards, and our understanding is that we will have room to do that
Finance Minister Anders Borg’s tiger economy will thus lose some of its stripes
There is some room also for the European Central Bank to maneouvre ... We need to keep all options on the table.
It is my belief that it is basically a good thing that we collect tax revenues in Sweden. It is a good thing that we have our welfare system, social security, foreign aid, education and healthcare. In order to have that, we need taxes
I tend to be very skeptical toward those kinds of proposals
They probably need a tougher fiscal rule book ... But that has to be on the national level. This cannot be something that is imposed from Brussels.
