Monthly indicator for household consumption, April 2019
Household consumption unchanged in April
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-06-10 9.30
Household consumption remained unchanged in April compared with April 2018, measured in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures. In the last three-month period, consumption increased by 0.6 percent in fixed prices and working day adjusted figures, compared with the same period last year. Household consumption increased by 0.2 percent in seasonally adjusted figures compared with March.
The largest weighted positive contribution came from the sector Retail trade, mostly food and beverages, which increased by 10.9 percent in fixed prices compared with April last year.
Transport and retail sales and service of motor vehicles accounted for the largest weighted negative contribution to total consumption and decreased by 5.8 percent in fixed prices compared with April last year. Prices increased by 2.1 percent according to the consumption deflator.
Activity |
Current prices |
Volume |
Volume working day adjusted |
Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr | 2019* | Apr | 2019* | Apr | 2019* | ||
Household consumption (excl. foreign posts) |
3.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.88 |
Retail trade, mostly food and beverages |
13.5 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.18 |
Retail trade, clothing and footwear |
‑4.6 | 2.0 | ‑3.1 | 3.5 | ‑0.5 | 3.9 | 0.03 |
Housing, electricity, gas and heating |
3.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.27 |
Furniture, furnishings, household equipment and consumables |
7.0 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 0.04 |
Transport and retail sales and service of motor vehicles |
‑1.2 | 0.2 | ‑5.8 | ‑3.1 | ‑5.0 | ‑3.1 | 0.14 |
Post and telecommunications |
7.0 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 0.03 |
Recreation and culture, goods and services |
0.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | ‑0.7 | 1.7 | 0.09 |
Restaurants, cafes, hotels and other accommodation services |
‑9.4 | ‑0.5 | ‑11.2 | ‑2.3 | ‑7.6 | ‑2.3 | 0.06 |
Other goods and services |
2.1 | 3.5 | ‑0.7 | 0.3 | ‑0.6 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
All figures compared to the same period in the previous year. *The period from January to the current month compared to the same period in the previous year.
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