Ekonomiekot Extra

Ekonomiekot Extra is a Swedish economics news program with a clear explanatory spine. It does not treat business news as a closed world of markets and institutions. Instead, it follows the line from a decision, shock, rule change, or political threat to the people and companies that have to live with the result. Recent episodes move across salary negotiations, tax refunds, EU pay transparency, oil disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, prediction markets, electricity pricing, housing loans, rental rules, tariffs, and Sweden’s dependence on China. The range is wide, but the method is consistent. A concrete question comes first. Then the show works through mechanisms, incentives, risks, and second-order effects. It is especially attentive to places where economics and public policy collide: electricity exports, mortgage rules, oil reserves, trade conflict, financial-market timing, and the behavioral pull of feeling richer or poorer. The tone is serious without becoming remote. There is little room for banter. Expert voices and reporter segments do much of the work, giving the program a structured radio-news feel rather than a loose conversation. Hanna Malmodin appears as a recurring producer voice, while Knut Kainz is repeatedly used to connect immediate events to broader financial consequences. The show is at its best when it slows down a volatile headline and asks what has actually changed underneath. Its value is not prediction for its own sake. It is orientation: what matters, why it matters, and who is likely to feel it next.