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Sweden to Offer Liquidity Guarantees to Utilities, Premier Says

Bloomberg · Niclas Rolander · last updated

Sweden’s government will provide liquidity guarantees to Nordic and Baltic utilities as Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson warned that Russia’s decision to halt gas exports put the region’s financial stability at risk.

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