Denmark’s new three-party coalition government has announced that the primary aim of its economic policy is to secure a balance between revenues and spending and create growth by bringing forward public investment. The new Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is Neil Kinnock’s daughter-in-law, unveiled her coalition cabinet on Monday and indicated that her government would take a radically different approach from the austerity measures being adopted by other European countries. The new Danish government apparently intends to spend ten billion Danish kroner to upgrade roads, railways and bicycle paths. The stimulus agenda also includes plans to provide temporary tax credits for companies that invest in R&D and machineries along with new technologies. It said it also aimed to carry out a tax reform that would significantly reduce taxes on wage incomes.
| Denmark | UK | |
|---|---|---|
| 05/10/2011 | 2.005 | 2.354 |
| 30/09/2011 | 2.069 | 2.427 |
| 23/09/2011 | 1.932 | 2.363 |
| 09/09/2011 | 1.975 | 2.456 |
| 02/09/2011 | 2.204 | 2.641 |
| 19/08/2011 | 2.362 | 2.606 |
| 12/08/2011 | 2.573 | 2.753 |
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