Minor changes in unemployment rate In December 2019, there were 5 115 000 employed persons. The unemployment rate was 6.0 percent. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 145.7 million. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data indicates an increase in the employment rate, and a minor change in the unemployment rate, which was 6.9 percent. 2020-01-23 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
8 900 vacant dwellings in September Approximately 26 000 rental dwellings were unlet as of 1 September 2019. There were 8 900 dwellings available for immediate rent. This is 0.6 percent of all rental dwellings in Sweden. 2020-01-23 • Unlet dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings
Holdings of foreign portfolio assets increased Swedish holdings in foreign portfolio assets increased in the first half of 2019. Total holdings amounted to SEK 5 903.7 billion at the end of June 2019, which was an increase of 14.8 percent compared with the end of 2018. This is the largest percentage increase over a six-month period since six-month measurements were launched in June 2015. 2020-01-22 • Balance of Payments (BoP)
Borrowing in debt securities decreased in December Total Swedish liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 7 671 billion at the end of December, a decrease of SEK 156 billion on November. The main contributor to this change is a decrease in borrowing in money market instruments. 2020-01-17 • Securities issues
Inflation rate according to CPIF was 1.7 percent in December The inflation rate according to the CPI with a fixed interest rate (CPIF) was 1.7 percent in December 2019, unchanged from November to December. The CPIF increased by 0.4 percent from November to December. In the corresponding period a year ago, the CPIF also increased by 0.4 percent. The inflation rate according to the CPI was 1.8 percent in December 2019. 2020-01-15 • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
