The retail sales volume decreased by 4.8 percent in May 2025 compared with April 2025. Retail sales in durables decreased by 6.0 percent and retail sales in consumables (excluding Systembolaget, the state-owned chain of liquor stores) decreased by 2.8 percent. These figures are working-day and seasonally adjusted and calculated in constant prices.
The average floating interest rate on housing loans decreased in May to 3.06 percent, from 3.15 percent in April 2025. The interest rate on loans with fixed terms between 1 and 5 years decreased in May to 2.99 percent. The growth rate for housing loans increased in May to a level of 2.1 percent, while the growth rate for lending to non-financial companies increased to a level of 1.9 percent.
People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 142 000 in March in 2025. This is a decrease of 8 000 people compared with April 2024. In the 20 to 65 age range, 296 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.8 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is an increase of 0.4 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.
In 2023, 85 percent of children aged 0–17 lived with an employed mother, and 93 percent lived with an employed father, regardless of whether the parents cohabited. This represents an increase of 3 and 2 percentage points, respectively, compared to 2021.
The Producer Price Index decreased by 0.5 percent in May compared to April 2025. Prices decreased by 0.5 percent on the export market and decreased by 1.1 percent on the import market. On the domestic market, prices decreased by 0.4 percent. The annual rate according to the Producer Price Index was -2.8 percent in May (-2.4 percent in April).