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Mikael Sarwe

Head of Research & Strategy, Sweden

Mikael heads the teams responsible for Nordea Markets' Swedish macro research, fixed income including credit strategy, FX strategy and Structured Advisory. In his research he focuses on forecasting the broader macro trends and how these impact on the various markets.

Prior to Nordea, Mikael worked nine years as a senior portfolio manager at SEB and the latter part also as head of SEB's fixed income hedge funds. Before that he was Chief Economist at JP Bank.

Mikael Sarwe
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Nitty Gritty Sweden: Credit growth gears up but resource utilisation drops

Published date: 26 Apr 2013
The Riksbank’s RU-indicator falls back, almost at post-Lehman levels.
Swedish Services PMI continues to recover

Swedish Services PMI continues to recover

Published date: 5 Feb 2013
Services PMI has been quite volatile the last year. The increase in today’s figure was broad based. Headline PMI rose to 52.4, the highest since July. It was driven by orders jumping to 53.9.
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Sweden: From basket case to showcase

Published date: 16 Jan 2013
Everybody knows that the economic situation in Southern Europe is dire. Occasionally, one gets the feeling that there is no way out. Now, one should not belittle the hardship that ordinary people in Greece, Spain and other countries go through; it is tough for the…
Swedish X-mas Indicators

Swedish X-mas Indicators

Published date: 19 Dec 2012
Here is a chart-pack about the Swedish economy to flip through before the holidays. Nordea sees short-term weakness, a deteriorating labour market and low inflation for longer. Swedish indicators Dec 2012

April

Nitty Gritty Sweden: Credit growth gears up but resource utilisation drops

Published date: 26 Apr 2013 | Analysts: Torbjörn Isaksson, Andreas Jonsson, Mikael Sarwe

The Riksbank’s RU-indicator falls back, almost at post-Lehman levels.

February

Swedish Services PMI continues to recover

Published date: 5 Feb 2013 | Analyst: Mikael Sarwe

Services PMI has been quite volatile the last year. The increase in today’s figure was broad based. Headline PMI rose to 52.4, the highest since July. It was driven by orders jumping to 53.9.

January

Sweden: From basket case to showcase

Published date: 16 Jan 2013 | Analyst: Mikael Sarwe

Everybody knows that the economic situation in Southern Europe is dire. Occasionally, one gets the feeling that there is no way out. Now, one should not belittle the hardship that ordinary people in Greece, Spain and other countries go through; …