Swedish government borrowing largely unchanged despite higher expenditure
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Sweden's central government budget will show a deficit of SEK 45 billion in
2015, SEK 33 billion in 2016 and SEK 47 billion in 2017, according to the Debt
Office's new forecast. Tax income continues to increase while expenditure,
particularly for migration, rises. Overall, this means that borrowing is largely
unchanged from the previous forecast.
The budget deficit - the net borrowing requirement - for 2015 is SEK 25 billion
lower than in the previous forecast from June, mainly because of higher tax
income. Next year, migration expenditure increases sharply, while tax income
keeps rising faster than previously estimated. Overall, the budget deficit
increases by SEK 8 billion compared with the June forecast.
- The Swedish economy and the underlying development of central government
finances show an unexpected strength. The increase in migration expenditure is
offset by higher tax income, but it is important to point out that there is
great uncertainty, says Hans Lindblad, Director General of the Swedish National
Debt Office.
The Debt Office estimates Swedish GDP growth of 3.1 per cent in 2015 and 2.8 per
cent in 2016, which is 0.5 and 0.3 percentage points higher than in the previous
forecast. In 2017, the economy is expected to grow 2.4 per cent.
Higher expenditure for migration
The Migration Agency's disbursements are projected to be SEK 26 billion in
2015, SEK 58 billion in 2016 and SEK 70 billion in 2017. This is an increase by
SEK 1 billion for 2015 and SEK 31 billion for 2016 compared with the previous
forecast. Part of the increase in migration expenditure is compensated by an
expected decrease in development assistance.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Net borrowing requirement and central government debt (SEK billion) |
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
| | 2015| 2016| 2017|
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
|Net borrowing requirement | 45| 33| 47|
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
|Central government debt |1 442|1 469|1 511|
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
|Central government debt, % of GDP | 35 %| 35 %| 35 %|
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
|Central government debt incl. on-lending and money market | | | |
|assets, % of GDP | 28 %| 28 %| 29 %|
+------------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+
Issue volumes unchanged
The planned issue volume of government bonds remains at SEK 4 billion per
auction throughout the forecast period. This means that borrowing in government
bonds will be a total SEK 86 billion in 2015 and SEK 88 billion in 2016 and
2017. The issue volume in inflation-linked bonds is also unchanged.
Borrowing in T-bills is virtually unchanged. The Debt Office still expects to
issue an average of SEK 17.5 billion per auction. The stock will grow to SEK
135 billion by the end of 2016.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Borrowing (SEK billion) |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| Government bonds | 86 | 88 | 88 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| Inflation-linked bonds | 17 | 18 | 18 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| T-bills | 119 | 135 | 135 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| Foreign currency bonds | 91 | 92 | 75 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
| * of which on-lending to the Riksbank | 53 | 70 | 55 |
+-----------------------------------------+------+------+------+
Contact
Thomas Olofsson, Head of Debt Management, +46 (0)8 613 47 82
Linda Rudberg, Press Officer, +46 (0)8 613 45 38
Central government borrowing - forecast and analysis 2015:3:
http://hugin.info/133745/R/1961793/715392.pdf
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