01707cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF021701 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513574684 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. Sweden : 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Sweden entered the pandemic with substantial buffers and suffered a relatively shallow recession in 2020. The decline in output was moderated by substantial income and liquidity support as well as structural features of the economy. Sweden's initial less stringent containment strategy seems to have altered the timing of the economic fallout, which intensified towards the middle of the year. This fallout has particularly impacted the youth and foreign-born. Economic recovery is projected over the next two years, but uncertainty has increased due to the new strains of the virus and slow vaccination. Mode of access: Internet Sweden imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2021/061 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2021/061/002.2021.issue-061-en.xml IMF e-Library