Real estate prices for one- or two-dwelling buildings and holiday homes rose in 2019 Real estate prices for one- or two-dwelling buildings rose by 3 percent at national level in 2019 compared with 2018. In a corresponding comparison for buildings for seasonal and secondary use, real estate prices rose by more than 3 percent. 2020-01-24 • Real estate prices and registrations of title
Minor changes in unemployment rate In December 2019, there were 5 115 000 employed persons. The unemployment rate was 6.0 percent. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 145.7 million. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data indicates an increase in the employment rate, and a minor change in the unemployment rate, which was 6.9 percent. 2020-01-23 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
8 900 vacant dwellings in September Approximately 26 000 rental dwellings were unlet as of 1 September 2019. There were 8 900 dwellings available for immediate rent. This is 0.6 percent of all rental dwellings in Sweden. 2020-01-23 • Unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings
Holdings of foreign portfolio assets increased Swedish holdings in foreign portfolio assets increased in the first half of 2019. Total holdings amounted to SEK 5 903.7 billion at the end of June 2019, which was an increase of 14.8 percent compared with the end of 2018. This is the largest percentage increase over a six-month period since six-month measurements were launched in June 2015. 2020-01-22 • Balance of Payments (BoP)
Borrowing in debt securities decreased in December Total Swedish liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 7 671 billion at the end of December, a decrease of SEK 156 billion on November. The main contributor to this change is a decrease in borrowing in money market instruments. 2020-01-17 • Securities issues
