Sweden registered the second-highest budget surplus in the EU in 2016, according to fresh stats. Sweden’s Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson. Photo: Vilhelm Stokstad/TT The report from the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat shows Sweden in a shared second place with Malta, with a budget surplus of 1.1 percent of GDP last year. Luxembourg came top, with 1.6 percent. … Continue reading Sweden cheers second-highest budget surplus in the EU