• Employment increases among young people

  In February 2026, there were 5 250 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. This represents an increase of 92 000 compared to February 2025. The number of employed young people, aged 15–24, increased by 58 000 to 521 000. The number of hours worked per week averaged 170.6 million. The number of unemployed people was 507 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data show an increase in employment and a decrease in unemployment. The unemployment rate stood at 8.5 percent.

  2026-03-13 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)

• Tenant owners’ associations choose fixed interest rates

  Tenant owners’ associations continue to choose shorter fixed-interest periods. However, 75 percent of the loan volume to Tenant owners’ associations is tied to a fixed-interest period of more than three months, and only 25 percent of the loan volume has a variable interest rate. This can be compared with recently published financial market statistics on household mortgages, which show that the proportion of mortgages with variable interest rates has exceeded 75 percent for the first time.

  2026-03-13 • Credit Database (KRITA)

• The inflation rate according to the CPI was 0.5 percent in February 2026

  The inflation rate according to the CPI in February 2026 was 0.5 percent, which it also was in January. The monthly change for the CPI from January to February was 0.6 percent. The inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) was 1.7 percent in February, down from 2.0 percent in January.

  2026-03-12 • Consumer Price Index (CPI)

• GDP decreased in January

  Sweden’s GDP decreased by 1.1 percent in January, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, as shown by the preliminary compilation of the GDP indicator. Calendar adjusted GDP was 0.6 percent higher than in the corresponding month of the preceding year.

  2026-03-10 • National accounts other

• Orders in industry decreased in January 2026

  Total orders in industry decreased by 5.5 percent in January 2026 compared with December 2025, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with January 2025, total orders in industry decreased by 3.9 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

  2026-03-10 • Orders and turnover in industry