The increasing spread of the coronavirus in society is not yet noticeable in the number of deaths in Sweden, according to preliminary statistics from Statistics Sweden. In the third quarter of 2020, there were slightly fewer deaths than in the corresponding period in recent years.
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Economic activity increased by 0.7 percent in August 2020, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, according to preliminary statistics from Statistics Sweden’s activity indicator.
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Recovery in the business sector continued in August and sales rose by 2 percent compared with the previous month, according to Statistics Sweden’s preliminary sales indicator. Compared with August last year, sales fell by 5 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.
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Statistics Sweden has identified an issue that affected estimates of the number of hours worked in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) during parts of 2020. The error arose during an IT system update. The issue has now been addressed and the statistics have been rectified. The greater part of the adjustments lies within the statistical margin of error.
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Statistics Sweden has made an adjustment to the Retail Trade Index that affects values for the reference month July 2020 and backwards in the time series. The calendar-adjusted sales volume increased by 3.9 percent in July 2020 compared with the corresponding month in 2019.
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