• Fund wealth reduces

  Total fund wealth in Swedish registered funds amounted to SEK 6 228 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2022. This is a decrease of SEK 511 billion compared to the previous quarter. During the first quarter of the year, fund wealth decreased due to negative net investments and a weak stock market development. Total fund wealth decreased by approximately 7.6 percent, which is the first the time fund wealth have decreased since the pandemic hit in the first quarter of 2020.

  2022-05-25 • Investment funds, assets and liabilities

• More older people in all counties and municipalities by 2040

  Statistics Sweden annually publishes a population projection for Sweden’s counties and municipalities since 2020. The aim is to make the projection available to the public. The sum of the estimated population from the regional population projection is consistent with that from the national projection. The calculations are based on the assumption that the observed development patterns of the population will continue in the future. The calculations do not take into account municipalities’ planned housing construction, company establishment or other future goals and conditions. A projection cannot foretell the exactness of the future. Projections for the counties and municipalities that consider different scenarios are also possible.

  2022-05-25 • Population projections

• Annual rates are still high for producer prices in April 2022

  The Producer Price Index rose by 1.2 percent between March and April 2022. Prices increased by 1.6 percent on the export market and by 0.8 percent on the import market. On the domestic market, prices rose by 0.7 percent. The annual rate according to the Producer Price Index was 23.8 percent in April (24.5 percent in March).

  2022-05-25 • Producer and import price index

• More students completed their arts and cultural programmes 2021

  The number of students who commenced studies in programmes in the fields of arts and culture increased in 2021 compared with previous year. The completion rate increased among both sexes, but to a greater extent for men.

  2022-05-25 • Arts and Culture courses

• Number of hours worked is increasing

  In April 2022, there were 5 151 000 employed persons, not seasonally adjusted. This is an increase of 141 000 persons compared to April 2021. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 154.5 million, an increase of 2.9 percent in calendar adjusted figures. The number of unemployed people amounted to 458 000, a decrease of 63 000 persons compared to April 2021. The unemployment rate was 8.2 percent, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data indicates an increase in the employment rate and a decrease in the unemployment rate that amounted to 7.6 percent.

  2022-05-25 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)