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Public finances and monetary policy First Deputy Governor Svante Öberg SACO 26 April 2010 Public finances in the OECD countries Percentage of GDP 50 50 Expenditure 48 48 Revenue 46 46 44 44 42 42 40 40 38 38 36 36 34 34 32 32 30 30 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD General government net lending in the OECD countries Percentage of GDP 20 20 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 98 00 02 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD Gross public debt in the OECD countries Percentage of GDP 110 110 105 105 100 100 95 95 90 90 85 85 80 80 75 75 70 70 65 65 60 60 98 00 02 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD General government net lending in the United States and the euro area Percentage of GDP 10 10 Euro area USA 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD Average general government net lending Percentage of GDP OECD USA Euro area 1998-2007 -2.0 -2.0 -1.9 Source: OECD Gross public debt in Greece Percentage of GDP 140 140 130 130 120 120 110 110 100 100 90 90 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD Difference between Greece’s and Germany’s government bond rates Percentage points 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Note. Government bonds with approximately 10 years left to maturity. 08 09 10 11 Source: Reuters EcoWin Gross public debt in Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain Percentage of GDP 140 140 120 120 100 100 80 80 60 60 40 40 Portugal Ireland 20 20 Italy Spain 0 0 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD General government net lending in Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain Percentage of GDP 10 10 Portugal Ireland 5 5 Italy Spain 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD Government bond rates of Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain, compared with those of Germany Percentage points 3.0 3.0 Portugal 2.5 2.5 Ireland Italy 2.0 2.0 Spain 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 06 07 08 09 Note. Government bonds with approximately 10 years left to maturity. 10 11 Source: Reuters EcoWin Unit labour costs compared to the euro area Percentage points 35 35 Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain Germany 30 25 20 15 30 25 20 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 00 02 04 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 06 08 10 Source: OECD Current account deficits Percentage of GDP 6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 -2 -2 -4 -4 -6 -6 -8 Portugal -8 -10 Ireland -10 -12 Italy -12 Greece -14 -14 Spain -16 -16 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents IMF’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 Source: IMF General government net lending in the United Kingdom Percentage of GDP 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 90 92 94 96 98 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 00 02 04 06 08 10 Source: OECD General government net lending in Sweden Percentage of GDP 10 10 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 70 74 78 82 86 Note. Broken line represents OECD’s forecast 90 94 98 02 06 10 Source: OECD Sweden’s central government debt and gross public debt Percentage of GDP 90 90 Central government debt 80 80 Gross public debt 70 70 60 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05 10 Sources: Swedish National Debt Office and OECD General government net lending in Sweden, the euro area and the United Kingdom Per cent of GDP 10 10 Sweden Euro area United Kingdom 5 5 0 0 -5 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 Note. Red broken line represents the Riksbanks’s forecast, blue and yellow broken lines represent OECD’s forecast. Sources: OECD and the Riksbank Government bond rates of different countries Percentage points 10 10 Sweden Germany Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain 9 8 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 06 07 08 09 Note. Government bonds with approximately 10 years left to maturity. 10 Source: Reuters EcoWin