Number of permanent employees continued to increase In December 2018, the number of employed persons increased by 94 000. The unemployment rate was 6.0 percent. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data shows an increase in employment and a decrease in the unemployment rate, which amounted to 6.2 percent. The number of hours worked amounted to 148.1 million per week, an increase of 2.6 percent, calendar adjusted. 2019-01-24 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Holdings of foreign portfolio investments increased Swedish holdings of foreign portfolio assets amounted to SEK 5 615 billion at the end of the first six months of 2018. This is an increase of SEK 395 billion, or roughly 8 percent, compared with December 2017. Share holdings increased by SEK 177 billion in the first six months and contributed most to the increase. 2019-01-24 • Balance of Payments (BoP)
Swedish enterprises’ borrowing in debt securities continues to decrease Swedish liability in debt securities amounted to SEK 7 311* billion at the end of December, a decrease of SEK 318* billion compared with November. This decrease was mainly due to a strengthened Swedish krona against the euro, US dollar and British pound. 2019-01-17 • Securities issues
More than one out of five elected representatives resigned from the municipal council Resignations from elected councils continued to increase during the previous electoral period. The largest increase was in the county councils. The increase in the number of resignations is greater among men than among women. The largest numbers of resignations are among young elected representatives in the municipal and county councils. 2019-01-16 • General elections, nominated and elected candidates
Household consumption decreased in November Household consumption decreased by 0.5 percent in November compared with November last year, measured in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures. In the last three-month period, consumption increased by 0.4 percent in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures, compared with the same period last year. Household consumption decreased by 0.5 percent in seasonally adjusted figures compared with October. 2019-01-15 • Turnover in the service sector
