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CONFERENCE 15 MAY 2012
The 2012 report of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council was published on the 14th of May. A conference, during which the report was presented and discussed, was held the following day.
The main focus of the report concerns the public finances and the labour market.
The report was presented by Lars Jonung, John Hassler and Helena Svaleryd. Peter Englund (Professor of bank- and insurance economics at the Stockholm School of Economics), Jörgen Holmquist (former Director General of the European Commission) and Irene Wennemo (PhD, Principal Secretary to the Parliamentary Social Insurance Inquiry) were invited as commentators.
The Council's Report