Sweden's economic sentiment weakened in April to the lowest level in seven months, while consumers expressed a more pessimistic outlook, survey results published by the National Institute of Economic Research showed on Wednesday.
The economic tendency index dropped to 99.0 in April from 99.6 in March. However, the index remained just below the normal level of 100.
Among components, sentiment is at a normal level across all sectors of the business sector, with the exception of retail trade, the survey said
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