Nordic Region Award Winners
The FocusEconomics 10th Anniversary Analyst Forecast Awards celebrate a decade of recognising the world’s most accurate economic forecasters. Below are the top three ranked forecasters for each indicator across the Nordic Economies region, covering 4 countries.
GDP
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
SEB
Thomas Thygesen, Elizabeth Mathisen
|
Scope Ratings
Alessandra Poli, Dennis Shen
|
Moody’s Analytics
Matthew Schneider
|
| Finland |
DZ Bank
Research Team
|
Capital Economics
Europe Team
|
DekaBank
Research Team
|
| Norway |
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
Allianz
Jasmin Gröschl (Allianz Research)
|
EIU
Research Team
|
| Sweden |
Credit Agricole
Research Team
|
EIU
Prianthi Roy
|
Scope Ratings
Alessandra Poli, Eiko Sievert
|
4 countries
Inflation
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
EIU
Prianthi Roy
|
Euromonitor International
Economies & Consumers Team
|
Danske Bank
Allan Mehren
|
| Finland |
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Shuchita Shukla
|
Fitch Ratings
Utku Bora Geyikci, Hannah Dimpker
|
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
| Norway |
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Research Team
|
DekaBank
Research Team
|
SEB
Erica Daltso
|
| Sweden |
Swedbank
Research Team
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
SEB
Olle Holmgren
|
4 countries
Current Account
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
Danske Bank
Allan Mehren
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
Euromonitor International
Economies & Consumers Team
|
| Finland |
DZ Bank
Research Team
|
SEB
Mihkel Nestor
|
Oxford Economics
Daniel Kral
|
| Norway |
EIU
Research Team
|
Euromonitor International
Economies & Consumers Team
|
Moody’s Analytics
Matthew Schneider, Ross Cioffi
|
| Sweden |
NIER
Research Team
|
Euromonitor International
Economies & Consumers Team
|
EIU
Prianthi Roy
|
4 countries
Exchange Rate
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway |
SEB
Erica Daltso
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
Handelsbanken
Marius Gonsholt Hov
|
| Sweden |
SEB
Olle Holmgren
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
Swedbank
Research Team
|
2 countries
Interest Rate
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway |
DekaBank
Research Team
|
Scope Ratings
Alessandra Poli, Dennis Shen
|
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
| Sweden |
Citigroup Global Mkts
Giada Giani
|
JPMorgan
Morten Lund
|
Swedbank
Research Team
|
2 countries
Unemployment
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
Danske Bank
Allan Mehren
|
Oxford Economics
Rory Fennessy
|
| Finland |
Nordea
Research Team
|
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Shuchita Shukla
|
Capital Economics
Europe Team
|
| Norway |
DNB Carnegie
Kyrre Aamdal
|
SEB
Erica Daltso
|
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
| Sweden |
SEB
Olle Holmgren
|
Swedbank
Research Team
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
4 countries
Overall
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
SEB
Thomas Thygesen, Elizabeth Mathisen
|
Euromonitor International
Economies & Consumers Team
|
EIU
Prianthi Roy
|
| Finland |
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Shuchita Shukla
|
DZ Bank
Research Team
|
Fitch Ratings
Utku Bora Geyikci, Hannah Dimpker
|
| Norway |
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
DekaBank
Research Team
|
SEB
Erica Daltso
|
| Sweden |
BMI, a FitchSolutions Company
BMI Research Team
|
Nordea
Research Team
|
Credit Agricole
Research Team
|
4 countries
Rankings determined by FocusEconomics’ proprietary accuracy methodology. Where two forecasters achieved equal accuracy, both are listed at the same rank.