National accounts: Monthly GDP indicator, February 2022
GDP indicator decreased in February
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-04-06 8.00
Sweden’s GDP decreased by 0.8 percent in February, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, as shown by the preliminary compilation of the GDP indicator.
The GDP indicator provides an early picture of the development of the gross domestic product, GDP. It is compiled on a monthly and quarterly basis with more limited and preliminary statistics than the regular quarterly national accounts. The monthly version of the indicator lies outside the official statistics and is classified as statistics under construction.
“Economic activity decreased in February. It was the second month in a row with slightly negative development” says Neda Shahbazi, statistician at Statistics Sweden.
Economic activity was 2.5 percent higher in February 2022, than in February 2021. This month had the same number of working days as the corresponding month a year ago.
Balancing and revisions
In a first step, the GDP indicator calculates two separate GDP outcomes from the production and use side of the economy. Then a reconciliation is made in which one side is adjusted downwards and the other side is adjusted upwards to arrive at a single final result. Before reconciliation, the statistical data in February showed actual GDP development from the use side of 2.5 percent and corresponding development from the production side of 2.6 percent, compared with the corresponding month a year ago. In line with ordinary balancing procedures, this results in reconciled actual GDP development of 2.5 percent.
In accordance with the revision policy of the GDP indicator, only months in the current quarter are revised.
Published 06/04/2022 | Published 09/03/ 2022 | ||||||
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Production | Use | Reconciled | Production | Use | Reconciled | ||
Januari | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | |
Februari | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Additional information
Time series and revision history for the GDP indicator.
For more information about the indicator, see Compilation of the Swedish GDP indicator.
Next publishing will be
The GDP indicator for March 2022 will be published on 2022-04-28 at 08:00.
The ordinary calculation of the first quarter 2022 will be published on 2022-05-30 at 08:00.
Statistical Database
More information is available in the Statistical Database
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