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  • Restrained labour market in the third quarter

    In the third quarter of 2025, the number of employed people amounted to 5 324 000, not seasonally adjusted. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 138.9 million hours. There were 478 000 unemployed people, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent. According to seasonally adjusted and smoothed data the employment rate amounted to 68.9 percent and the unemployment rate amounted to 8.7 percent.

  • Household consumption week 43 2025 unchanged

    Household consumption week 40-43 was unchanged compared with week 36-39. Compared with the same period last year, household consumption increased by 0.3 percent. Both figures are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.

  • Population by Labour market status, August 2025

    People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 319 000 in August in 2025. The number of employed was essentially unchanged, with only a marginal increase of 2 000 people compared with August 2024. In the 20 to 65 age range, 293 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.7 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is an increase of 0.2 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.

  • Volume of retail trade nearly unchanged in September 2025

    The volume of retail trade increased by 0.1 percent in September 2025 compared with August 2025. Retail sales in durables increased by 0.4 percent and retail sales in consumables (excluding Systembolaget, the state-owned chain of liquor stores) increased by 0.3 percent. These figures are working-day and seasonally adjusted and calculated in constant prices.