Swedish industry plans to decrease their investments. According to the latest investment survey, investments in Swedish industry will amount to 53.7 billion and the investment volume will decrease by 10 percent.

Households' financial wealth reached a new peak at the end of the first quarter this year. The increase was mainly due to a strong stock market, but also to positive financial savings. Households increased their new loans somewhat compared to the previous quarter. During the quarter the net purchases of investment funds by households was at a historically high level.

Households' total net savings in funds amounted to SEK 6.5 billion during the first quarter of 2013. This was a contributing factor to the rise of close to SEK 24 billion in households' directly owned fund wealth in Swedish registered investment funds, totalling SEK 379 billion.

During the first quarter of 2013 the number of employed persons amounted to 4 190 500, an increase of 1.2 percent. The number of employed persons in the private sector increased by 1.4 percent and by 0.7 percent in the public sector.