• Lending rates to businesses are decreasing

  The lending rate decreased or remained unchanged for all economic activities in October compared to September. The largest drop was recorded for office real estate, where the interest rate fell to 3.50 percent in October from 3.59 percent in September. For housing real estate companies, the interest rate decreased to 3.11 percent in October from 3.15 percent in September. Tenant owners’ associations faced the lowest interest rate of all economic activities at 2.89 percent in October, down from 2.91 percent in September.

  2025-12-18 • Credit Database (KRITA)

• Households borrowed more in the third quarter

  In the third quarter of 2025, household liquid savings amounted to SEK 30 billion, which was an increase from SEK 17 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2024. Over the period under review, household annual loan growth rate has continued to increase.

  2025-12-18 • Financial accounts, quarterly and annual

• Four generations and their life events

  A new report from Statistics Sweden follows people born in Sweden in 1975, 1985, 1995, and 2005 from birth to the year 2023, when they were 48, 38, 28, and 18 years old, respectively. The report compares, among other things, their infant mortality rates, how common it is to have grandparents alive, and the type of municipality they lived in at different ages.

  2025-12-17 • Demographic Analysis (DEMOG)

• More difficult to obtain employment after      graduation from higher vocational education programmes

  The economic downturn in recent years has led to a weaker labour market for graduates from vocational higher education programmes. The proportion of those employed one year after graduation continues to decline and is now 81 percent. Furthermore, the share of graduates working in occupations aligned with their field of study is also decreasing.

  2025-12-17 • Entry into the labour market

• Activity after a general course at a folk high school

  Among those who have been qualified for post-secondary studies through the folk high school's general courses, it is common to continue studying. More than half are studying one year after obtaining the qualifications, mainly at the university.

  2025-12-17 • Folk High School statistics