Sweden's Economy Will Expand 3.6 Percent in 2007, 3.7 Percent Next Year

(Bloomberg) -- Sweden's economy will expand 3.6
percent this year, less than previously forecast, after a slowdown
in exports at the start of the year, the National Institute of
Economic Research estimated.

Growth will pick up to 3.7 percent next year, and slow to 3
percent in 2009, the Stockholm-based, government-sponsored group
said in an e-mail today. The NIER in March forecast growth of 3.9
percent this year and 3.4 percent in 2008. Gross domestic product
expanded 4.2 percent last year, the most since 2000.


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