The Producer Price Index rose by 0.9 percent in August compared with July 2026. Prices increased by 0.5 percent in the import market and increased by 1.5 percent in the domestic market. In the export market, prices rose by 0.5 percent. The annual rate according to the Producer Price Index was 6.8 percent in August (6.4 percent in July).
Total sales of food and beverages in retail trade amounted 2025 to SEK 430 billion. This is an increase of 7.1 percent, or SEK 28 billion, compared with 2024. Adjusted for price changes, the increase of sales amounted to 3.6 percent. This means that sales in current prices increased due to higher sales volumes but also due to higher prices. Sales of food and beverages per capita increased by 6.7 percent compared with 2024, an increase of SEK 2,631 per year. The total sales per person and year landed at SEK 42,027 in 2025.
The average mortgage interest rate for loans with maturities over 1 year up to and including 5 years increased to 3.18 percent in August 2026 from 3.15 percent in July. The mortgage interest rate for loans with maturities over 5 years rose to 3.34 percent over the same period. At the same time, the average floating mortgage interest rate for new agreements to households declined marginally, and amounted to 2.73 percent in August.
Women and men with disabilities make up just over one in ten of the working-age population, and about half were employed in 2024. Employed people with disability had lower net incomes compared to employed people in the rest of the population. Women with disabilities had the lowest net income among the employed.
In the second quarter of 2026, households' liquid savings amounted to SEK 129 billion, which was a decrease of SEK 15 billion compared with the corresponding quarter in 2025. During the same quarter, households' annual loan growth rate has continued to increase.