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Here Are Four Charts That Explain Sweden's Economic Boom
Low rates help push export growth to highest level in 19 quarters
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A cocktail of record central bank stimulus and unprecedented immigration is helping fuel the biggest Swedish economic boom in five years.
The economy expanded an impressive 4.5 percent on an annual basis in the fourth quarter -- the most in almost five years. That’s more than twice the growth of neighboring Germany which, like Sweden, relies on exports to Europe for much of its prosperity.