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  • High savings for households in 2024

    For the year 2024, liquid savings for the households amounted to SEK 268 billion, which in the time series is only surpassed by annual savings for 2023.

  • Households reduced their savings in bank accounts

    Household liquid savings were low in the third quarter of 2024 and were characterised by savings in funds, net withdrawals from bank accounts and net borrowing at the same level as the previous quarter.

  • Households' financial net wealth increased

    Household liquid savings amounted to SEK 82 billion in the first quarter of 2024, which is at the same level as in the first quarter of the previous year. Households' financial net wealth as a percentage of GDP increased by 21 percentage points compared with the same period of the year before. The government debt ratio has steadily decreased since the start of the time series in 1996, at the same time as the distribution of debt between the central and local government has changed over time.