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Europe must close productivity gap with US to lift growth, says Riksbank chief

Swedish central bank governor Erik Thedéen fuels debate on the continent’s struggle to boost competitiveness

Europe urgently needs to narrow the productivity gap with the US or risk losing out on more growth, according to the head of Sweden’s central bank. 

Erik Thedéen, governor of the Riksbank, told the Financial Times that Sweden’s economy had done better than the Eurozone in the past six years but lagged behind the US, in large part due to worse productivity growth. 

“They are outperforming Europe, including Sweden — the productivity growth in the US has been much stronger. That is very important for European policymakers to try to address,” he said. 

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