Several billionaire heirs have packed up and left Norway for Switzerland. This is written by Dagens Næringsliv with reference to the Norwegian population register.
They take with them many hundreds of millions in taxable assets, on which they will now pay much lower wealth tax in Switzerland.
Since 2022, a long line of business leaders have left Norway - around 80 of them. In total, they have withdrawn around NOK 50 billion in taxable assets from the country, but the real value is far higher, writes DN.
The flow of Norwegians to Switzerland has increased after the wealth tax was raised in 2022. According to Sveriges Radio's Konflikt, some of those who emigrated call themselves "tax refugees".
******************
Swedish interest rates
Every fourth household is ready to move with reduction close
The Riksbank is about to lower the interest rate, and at the same time every fourth Swedish home owner - the equivalent of 730,000 households - is ready to sell. This is evident from a survey carried out by Demoskop on behalf of the mortgage company Borgo.
Within that response group, just over one in ten – corresponding to around 80,000 households – answers that they cannot afford to stay.
Borgo's co-founder Adam Lewenhaupt interprets it as the optimism in the market is getting bigger.
- That kind of optimism should be positive for the development of the housing market and contributes to buyers and sellers being able to meet.
***************
Food prices
The food price monitor warns of increases: Be aware
When food prices move towards a normalization, there is a risk that the traders take the opportunity to raise them again. This is shown by Matpriskollen's latest survey, where food prices rose by 0.2 percent on an annual basis in April, TT reports.
- The risk with that, is that you as a consumer stop behaving in a way that makes them continue to hold back price increases, says Matpriskollen's co-founder Ulf Mazur.
During April, dairy products were mainly responsible for the increase, while fruit and vegetables fell in price, partly due to seasonal patterns.
*****************
Swedish interest rates
The experts: Fragile situation in the Swedish economy
It is a fragile situation in the Swedish economy with several signals of weaknesses. That's what Swedbank's chief economist Mattias Persson writes on X after an unexpectedly large drop in the services PMI for April.
"Not completely unexpected, but it increases the pressure even more on the Riksbank ahead of the announcement on May 8," he writes.
Persson is supported by his colleague and head of forecasting Anderas Wallström. He writes on X that it is a big decline, but that the movement is not "exceptional".
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar