- The budget contains some bright spots, I must say. But I miss the broader grip on the great challenges we have, says Bettina Kashefi, chief economist at Swedish Enterprise.

One of these bright spots, according to Bettina Kashefi, is the so-called entry tax deduction, which means that the employer contribution is eliminated for everyone during the first two years in the labor market.

- There are a lot of changes in the cost of hiring. I think it is positive that the government sees that taxes play a role in hiring.

The recession will hit hard

When it comes to the big challenges - and what the Swedish Enterprise wants - Bettina Kashefi answers:

- We are leaving the peak of a boom with very high unemployment. The people who are already outside will not get it easier when we enter a recession. It is very much about foreign-born and especially women.

What do you miss then?

- Measures to make it even easier to employ the wider groups that are outside. At the same time as we have high unemployment, we have huge problems with recruitment, not least in the public systems.

"Gaps will widen"

Therese Guovelin is the first Deputy Chairman of the National Organization, LO:

- After presenting our equality study last week, I am very disappointed that the gaps will widen and that more people are investing in the rich in general and rich men in particular. But of course, I also see some bright spots. Especially when it comes to labor market policy.

She says that the KD / M budget has been clean but with reductions of 4.1 billion in reductions. Therefore, she welcomes the fact that you invest and cushion part of the case.

- It is tragic that 60 per cent of the total investment in labor market policy goes to a reform that has proven not to work in the past. You want to lower the employer's contribution and let that money go straight into the pocket of the employer to hire young people and people who have been unemployed for a long time. It has been tried before.

She thinks it would have been better if one had instead invested in a labor market education.