Monthly indicator for household consumption, November 2016:
Household consumption increased in November
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-01-13 9.30
Household consumption increased by 0.3 percent in seasonally adjusted figures between October and November. In the period from September to November, consumption increased by 0.9 percent compared with the period from June to August. Household consumption increased by 3.3 percent in volume and working day adjusted figures in November 2016 compared with November 2015.
From 2013 and onwards Statistics Sweden produces new monthly statistics on household consumption. These statistics are an important indicator for the business cycle, since household consumption accounts for 47 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP). The statistics are experimental.
Household consumption increased by 3.3 percent in volume and working day adjusted figures in November 2016 compared with November 2015. Recreation and culture, goods and services, the activity with the largest weighted contribution to the increase in consumption, increased by 7.4 percent in volume and working day adjusted figures compared with the same period in the previous year. In the period from September to November 2016, the consumption volume increased by 2.7 percent compared with the same period in the previous year. Prices according to the consumption deflator increased by 1.1 percent in November 2016 compared with November 2015.
Activity |
Current prices |
Volume |
Volume working day adjusted |
Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 2016* | November | 2016* | November | 2016* | ||
Household consumption (excl. foreign posts) |
5.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.90 |
Retail trade, mostly food and beverages |
2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.20 |
Retail trade, clothing and footwear |
7.3 | 1.5 | 5.7 | ‑1.2 | 3.9 | ‑1.9 | 0.04 |
Housing, electricity, gas and heating |
3.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.26 |
Furniture, furnishings, household equipment and consumables |
12.0 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 0.03 |
Transport and retail sales and service of motor vehicles |
6.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.14 |
Post and telecommunications |
6.5 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 0.03 |
Recreation and culture, goods and services |
9.2 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 5.0 | 0.10 |
Restaurants, cafes, hotels and other accommodation services |
5.5 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.06 |
Other goods and services |
7.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.02 |
All figures compared to the same period last year. *The Period from January to the current month compared to the same period last year.
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