According to the report “Country Report Sweden November 2009” available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/
* The report forecasts that the current centre-right Alliance coalition will be returned to office in the election due in September 2010, despite current opinion polls slightly favouring the left.
* There is a risk that the far-right Sweden Democrats might win enough votes (4%) to enter parliament and prevent either main grouping from achieving an overall majority.
* Economic policy would change significantly, but not drastically, in the event of a left-wing election victory. Either coalition will be faced with the challenge of combining election commitments with the need to rein in the budget deficit.
* The 2010 budget is expansionary and some of its measures will continue in 2011. The report forecasts that the budget deficit will reach 5.1% of GDP in 2010 before easing to 4.5% in 2011.
* Following an estimated decline of 4.5% in 2009, the report forecasts that the economy will return to growth of 1.3% in 2010 and of 1.4% in 2011, which would be somewhat stronger than the EU average.
* Inflation according to the EU harmonised measure is forecast to fall from 1.8% on average in 2009 to 1.1% in 2010, as a result of a stronger krona, before rising to 1.5% in 2011.
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