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  • Slightly decreased borrowing in debt securities

    At the end of February, total liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 9 656 billion. This is a decrease of SEK 80 billion since January, mainly due to the fact that the liabilities in dollar-denominated securities has fallen during the month.

  • Further reduction of temporary employees

    In February 2024, the number of employed people amounted to 5 174 000, not seasonally adjusted. Among these, 589 000 people were temporary employees, which is a decrease of 98 000 people compared to February 2023. The average number of hours worked per week was 171.0 million. The number of unemployed people amounted to 480 000, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data showed that the employment rate was 69.2 percent and that there was an increase in both the number of unemployed people and the unemployment rate, which amounted to 8.1 percent.

  • The annual rate for the Construction Cost Index decreased to 2.8 percent in February

    The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings increased by 0.2 percent in February compared with January 2024. The annual rate of change in the Construction Cost Index was 2.8 percent in February, compared with the corresponding month in 2023, down from 3.7 percent in January.

  • Fewer young politicians in the municipalities

    Women, young people under the age of 30 and people born abroad are still underrepresented among elected representatives in the Swedish municipalities. When more advanced assignments are studied, this pattern gets even more evident, as in previous terms of office.

  • Weak investments in dwellings dampened economic growth

    The Swedish economy shrank marginally in both the fourth quarter and in the year of 2023. Weak investments in dwellings continues to dampen GDP growth and weaker export fails to push economy up compared with the third quarter. Further information can be found in Statistics Sweden’s periodical, “Sveriges ekonomi – statistiskt perspektiv” (in Swedish).