In a speech on 'Can we be best again? The importance of capital formation for long-term growth' given on 12 August, Villy Bergstrom of the Sveriges Riksbank said that growth is now in the focus of the public debate in Sweden. It is important that we re-establish a relatively high standard of living and cope with the unfavourable consequences of our population trend - not least for the sake of our public finances. Moreover, if we succeed in our work to create high potential growth, the Riksbank