Total orders in industry decreased by 5.5 percent in May 2022 compared with April, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2021, total orders in industry decreased by 7.5 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.
Private sector production increased by 0.8 percent in May 2022 compared with April 2022 in seasonally adjusted figures, and increased by 6.0 percent compared with May 2021 in calendar adjusted figures.
Sweden’s GDP increased by 0.7 percent in May, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, as shown by the preliminary compilation of the GDP indicator.
Household consumption increased by 0.7 percent in May 2022 compared with April 2022, measured in seasonally adjusted figures, calculated in fixed prices and working day adjusted. Compared with May 2021, household consumption increased by 5.2 percent, measured in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures. In the last three-month period, consumption increased by 6.1 percent in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures, compared with the same period a year ago.
In 2021, 125 900 tenant-owned flats were sold for a total value of SEK 350 billion. The average price for a tenant-owned flat rose by 10 percent, from SEK 2.520 million in 2020 to SEK 2.781 million in 2021.