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Global Economic Outlook, April 2025: Navigating the setback

Trade wars and deepening geopolitical concerns are triggering renewed inflationary risk, which will hamper global economic growth in 2025. President Trump’s tariff policy has prompted a downward revision of the US growth forecast – but signs of optimism can be seen in Europe. Get the full analysis in the latest edition of Global Economic Outlook.

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EXPORT MANAGERS' INDEX Q1: Uncertain outlook

Business Sweden's Export Managers’ Index (EMI) showed an uptick in the first quarter after two quarters of falling results. EMI rose by 1.1 points to 49.9. Despite strengthened views of current performance, export companies have a bleak outlook on the future. A bright spot was the sharp rise in the subindex for expected export demand from Western Europe.

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Global Export 2024: Sweden a winner in declining world trade

Swedish export companies remain highly competitive on the world market – despite falling global demand. Sweden's share of the global export market amounted to 1.0 per cent in 2023, as revealed by the latest statistics presented in Business Sweden’s report Global Export.

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Foreign Direct Investment: Stalemate in turbulent times

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is on shaky ground against the backdrop of weak demand in the global economy and continued geopolitical tensions. Global flows of FDI fell by 2 per cent in 2023 from the previous year. Sweden saw a major decline in FDI but retains a strong position as Europe’s fourth most attractive market.

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Charting new waters

Chinese players are rapidly expanding their overseas footprint with a growing focus on the Global South. How can Swedish companies navigate a new wave of competition in developing markets? Get the inside perspectives and dive into four key recommendations in this EGI report.

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Diversity Beyond Borders

Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion has become a matter of competitiveness – but what are the best practices for launching DEI initiatives worldwide? Join us in this report as we uncover four critical success factors based on insights from Swedish companies doing global business.

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Capturing the nuclear revival

A global resurgence of nuclear energy is opening up a new horizon of opportunity for Swedish suppliers and technology experts. This EGI report maps the most promising prospects as new build projects get underway in Europe, Asia and North America.

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