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MNI: SWEDEN DATA: Industrial Production (Mar 2019) Preview - 08:30 BST
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- Previous (Feb): 0.4% m/m, 2.3% y/y
- After edging down by 0.2% m/m in Jan to register its first decline in six
months...
- ... industrial production (excluding construction) rose by 0.4% m/m in Feb
- Amid the global trade slowdown, the manufacturing sector in Sweden has
remained firmer than in many of its EU counterparts 
- Nevertheless, the manufacturing PMI fell to its lowest level in April (50.9)
since July 2013...
- ... while industrial orders dropped by 2.0% m/m in Feb, driven by declines in
both domestic & external demand
- As a small, open economy, Sweden remains vulnerable to an escalation in global
trade disputes

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