• Number of female temporary employees continues to increase

    In May 2026, there were 5 299 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. This represents an increase of 68 000 compared to May 2025. Temporary employees increased by 94 000 people to 676 000. The number of hours worked per week averaged 163.1 million. The number of unemployed people was 549 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data show that the employment rate was 69.3 percent and the unemployment rate was 8.7 percent.

    2026-06-15 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)

  • The Construction Cost Index rose by 1.2 percent in May 2026

    The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings increased by 1.2 percent in May compared with April 2026. The annual rate of change in the Construction Cost index was 2.3 percent in May, compared with the corresponding month in 2025 (2.4 percent in April 2026).

    2026-06-15 • Construction cost index for buildings (CCI) (input price index)

  • Stable Swedish economy despite weak start of the year

    The Swedish economy started the year a little tentatively. After a very strong fourth quarter last year, GDP was unchanged in the first quarter of this year. Household consumption continued to increase and has had a positive trend for three years. The monthly GDP indicator has shown an increase in both March and April.

    2026-06-15 • The Swedish economy – a statistical perspective

  • Increased growth rate of lending to tenant-owner associations

    The annual growth rate of lending to tenant-owner associations continues to increase and amounted to 1.4 percent in April 2026. This implies that the growth rate of tenant-owner associations has been on a upward trend over the past one and a half years, since it bottomed out at −1.8 percent in September 2024. At the same time, the average interest rate on outstanding loans to tenant-owner associations was 2.90 percent in April 2026, which can be compared with the higher rate of 3.23 percent in September 2024.

    2026-06-15 • Credit Database (KRITA)

  • The inflation rate according to the CPI was 0.8 percent in May 2026

    The inflation rate according to the CPI in May 2026 was 0.8 percent, up from -0.1 percent in April. The monthly change for the CPI from April to May was 1.0 percent. The inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) was 1.5 percent in May, up from 0.8 percent in April.

    2026-06-11 • Consumer Price Index (CPI)