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The energy companies made total profits of over 20 billion DKK in 2022

Just to compare, the total profit went from 5 billion DKK in 2021 to over 20 billion DKK in 2022.

High energy prices have made Danish companies less competitive on the global market

Dansk Industri is calling the government to compensate the companies that had to spend even 5 times more money on their electricity bills (f.ex. an iron...

Worst year ever for COOP

After a record year during the pandemic, COOP recorded a deficit (or losses) of 628 million DKK during the inflation crisis. Why? Consumers buy fewer...

25.5 billion DKK in excess tax

5.6 billion more than last year. What is excess tax? It's the money that the tax authorities (SKAT) are paying back to citizens because they...

New record employment

2,983,500 employed people in Denmark. The number of employed people increased by 5400 in February. Despite the records, the chief economist, Jeppe Borre (Arbejdernes Landsbank), says...