06-28-2020, 04:04 PM
Curious to see what Sweden's economic performance was in Q2 compared to the EU and other Nordic countries. Q1 was pretty good:
![[Image: revised-eng-may-28-swe-country-focus-blo...ashx?la=en]](https://www.imf.org/~/media/Images/IMF/News/news-article-images/2020/revised-eng-may-28-swe-country-focus-blog-chart3-003.ashx?la=en)
Sweden's death rates were closer to that of the larger European countries, and much greater deaths per million than the other Nordic countries:
![[Image: revised-eng-may-28-swe-country-focus-blo...ashx?la=en]](https://www.imf.org/~/media/Images/IMF/News/news-article-images/2020/revised-eng-may-28-swe-country-focus-blog-chart2.ashx?la=en)
I was under the impression that Sweden had no compliance measures at all. In point of fact, Swedish authorities have social policies similar to other countries, but rely upon individual discretion as to implementation:
https://voxeu.org/article/underpinnings-...vid-regime
Sweden's death rates were closer to that of the larger European countries, and much greater deaths per million than the other Nordic countries:
I was under the impression that Sweden had no compliance measures at all. In point of fact, Swedish authorities have social policies similar to other countries, but rely upon individual discretion as to implementation:
https://voxeu.org/article/underpinnings-...vid-regime
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