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Beyoncé shows blamed for fueling inflation in Sweden

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Beyoncé, or Queen Bey as she’s known to her legions of fans, is now credited with increasing inflation in the Scandinavian country.

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  1. Beyoncé Caused Inflation? ‘Renaissance’ Tour May Have Boosted Sweden’s Costs, Economist Says

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Newest

    Beyoncé shows blamed for fueling inflation in Sweden

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19 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fortune

    Sweden's economy may be experiencing the 'Beyoncé blip' (opens Fortune)

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    Queen Bey fans visiting Stockholm for her world tour concerts have been driving up hotel prices.

  2. Forbes

    Beyoncé Caused Inflation? ‘Renaissance’ Tour May Have Boosted Sweden’s Costs, Economist Says (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Beyoncé launched her tour in Stockholm in May as restaurant, hotel and recreation prices rose.

  3. Digital Journal

    Swedish inflation dips, Beyonce blamed for high prices (opens Digital Journal)

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    Swedish inflation dipped under 10 percent in May, official statistics showed Wednesday, but was still higher than expected.

  4. NBC Los Angeles

    Beyoncé shows blamed for fueling inflation in Sweden (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Beyoncé, or Queen Bey as she’s known to her legions of fans, is now credited with increasing inflation in the Scandinavian country.

  5. KRDO

    Beyoncé blamed for keeping inflation high in Sweden. Is Springsteen next? (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Swedish consumers now have Beyoncé to blame for their bills, bills, bills. The chief economist at Danske Bank, the biggest bank in neighboring Denmark, said Wednesday that the singer’s decision to kick off her “Renaissance” world tour in Stockholm last month led to…

  6. CBS News

    Beyoncé single-handedly raised a country's inflation (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Sweden sees 0.2% "Beyoncé blip" in inflation as fans flock to Stockholm for singer's World Renaissance Tour.

  7. The Guardian

    Beyoncé concert in Stockholm blamed for unexpectedly high Swedish inflation (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Start of superstar’s world tour ‘seems to have coloured inflation’, says economist, after tens of thousands of fans flocked to the capital for concerts

  8. Forbes

    Don’t Blame Beyoncé For Sweden’s 9.7% Inflation (opens Forbes)

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    Some of Beyonce’s US fans told BuzzFeed News in February that they had snapped up tickets for the singer’s Swedish concerts at a huge discount to her US shows.

  9. New York Post

    Beyoncé is to blame for inflation in Sweden: ‘Not normal’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Beyoncé is causing higher “bills, bills, bills” in Sweden.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Beyonce concerts blamed for Sweden’s inflation (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Beyonce’s visit to Stockholm could explain the unexpected price hike for certain goods and services in May, analysts say

  11. Insider

    Beyoncé single-handedly increased inflation in Sweden, economist says (opens Insider)

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    Tourists flocking to Beyoncé's tour in Stockholm contributed to Sweden's high inflation in May, an economist told The Wall Street Journal.

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