Statistics Sweden presents new statistics on retail trade areas There were 560 retail trade areas in Sweden in 2015. The retail trade areas comprised almost 17 000 workplaces, where more than 150 000 persons in total worked. This is the outcome of the new geographical delimitations of retail trade areas, now published by Statistics Sweden. 2018-11-16 • Retail geography
Construction costs rose by 3.6 percent in October on an annual basis The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings increased by 0.2 percent between September and October 2018. On an annual basis, construction costs rose by 3.6 percent. 2018-11-15 • Construction cost index for buildings (CCI) (input price index)
Major regional differences remain in greenhouse gas emission intensities Greenhouse gas emissions in Sweden in relation to GDP, also called emission intensity, decreased between 2015 and 2016. This indicates a more efficient production of goods and services in the Swedish economy. Regional differences are significant. Gotland County is the most emission intensive county and Stockholm is the least emission intensive county. Gotland and Södermanland counties accounted for the largest improvements in emission intensity between 2015 and 2016. 2018-11-15 • System of Environmental and Economic Accounts
Smallest cereal harvest since the 1950s The past summer’s drought led to crop failure and low cereal crop yields in many areas. A larger cereal crop acreage than usual was harvested as green fodder instead of being threshed. This is because areas of temporary grasses also yielded low harvests and thereby feed shortage. The total cereal harvest is estimated at 3.2 million tonnes, which is 46 percent less than the previous year and the smallest harvest since 1959. 2018-11-15 • Production of cereals, dried pulses and oil-seeds
Number of employed persons continued to increase In October 2018, the number of employed persons increased by 108 000, compared with October 2017. The unemployment rate decreased by 0.8 percentage points to 5.5 percent. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data shows a continued increase in the number of employed persons and minor changes in the unemployment rate that amounted to 6.3 percent. 2018-11-15 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
