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1990–1994 Swedish financial crisis

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proposed the Swedish experiment as a model for what should be done to solve the economic crisis that was affecting the United States at the time. Swedish leaders who played a role in devising the Swedish solution and have spoken about the implications for other countries include
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This bailout initially cost about 4% of Sweden's GDP, later lowered to between 0–2% of GDP depending on various assumptions due to the value of stock later sold when the nationalized banks were privatized.
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When distressed assets were later sold, the proceeds flowed to the state, and the government was able to recoup more money later by selling its shares in the nationalized banks in public offerings.
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and Retriva which sold off the assets, mainly real estate, that the banks held as collateral for these debts.
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The government announced the state would guarantee all bank deposits and creditors of the nation's 114 banks.
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Sweden formed the Bank Support Authority to supervise institutions that needed recapitalization.
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and a deep recession. Similar crises took place in countries around the same time, such as
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debts, but banks had to write down losses and issue an ownership interest (
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were granted financial support and nationalized at a cost of 64 billion
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of 2007–2008. In response, the government took the following actions:
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Index

Sweden financial crisis 1990-1994
Sweden
housing bubble
credit crunch
bank crisis
in Finland
Savings and Loans crisis
United States
subprime mortgage crisis
bad bank
common stock
Nordbanken
Götabanken
kronor
Securum
Brad DeLong
Paul Krugman
Urban Bäckström
Bo Lundgren
Japan
Japanese asset price bubble
Banks portal
"Stopping a Financial Crisis, the Swedish Way"
The New York Times
The Nordic Banking Crisis: Pitfalls in Financial Liberalization
ISBN
1-55775-700-3
"History"
Financial Supervisory Authority
"The good, the bad, and the ugly"

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