Household liquid savings amounted to SEK 133 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2026. This is SEK 29 billion lower compared to the same quarter last year. At the same time, the annual growth rate of household loans was 3.2 percent.
In the second quarter of 2026, the number of employed people amounted to 5 315 000, not seasonally adjusted. The number of temporary employees increased by 46 000 to 707 000. The total number of hours worked amounted to an average of 161.9 million per week. The number of unemployed people amounted to 550 000. This corresponds to an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. According to seasonally adjusted and smoothed data, the employment rate was 69.2 percent and the unemployment rate was 8.7 percent.
At the end of July, total liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 9 546 billion, up by SEK 36 billion from June.
The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings increased by 0.1 percent in July compared with June 2026. The annual rate of change in the Construction Cost index was 3.2 percent in July, compared with the corresponding month in 2025 (2.9 percent in June 2026).
The inflation rate according to the CPI in July 2026 was 0.2 percent, down from 0.7 percent in June. The monthly change for the CPI from June to July was -0.3 percent. The inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) was 0.7 percent in July, down from 1.3 percent in June.