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  • Household consumption week 43 2025 unchanged

    Household consumption week 40-43 was unchanged compared with week 36-39. Compared with the same period last year, household consumption increased by 0.3 percent. Both figures are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.

  • Population by Labour market status, August 2025

    People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 319 000 in August in 2025. The number of employed was essentially unchanged, with only a marginal increase of 2 000 people compared with August 2024. In the 20 to 65 age range, 293 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.7 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is an increase of 0.2 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.

  • Volume of retail trade nearly unchanged in September 2025

    The volume of retail trade increased by 0.1 percent in September 2025 compared with August 2025. Retail sales in durables increased by 0.4 percent and retail sales in consumables (excluding Systembolaget, the state-owned chain of liquor stores) increased by 0.3 percent. These figures are working-day and seasonally adjusted and calculated in constant prices.

  • Expenditure on intramural R&D in Sweden falls for the first time since 2014

    During 2024 the intramural expenditure on research and development (R&D) decreased in fixed prices. This marks the first year since 2014 where a reduction in expenditure in fixed prices was observed. The effect was primarily driven by  the Business enterprise sector which also reduced its employed R&D personnel during the year. In total, the entire Swedish R&D sector comprised of 105 898 full-time equivalents during 2024.