https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's month-on-month inflation rate rose in January for the first time in nearly two years, with consumer price inflation rising to 5.4 percent, according to new statistics released on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20240219/swedens-inflation-rate-rises-for-first-time-in-two-years Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:43:07 +0100 swedens-inflation-rate-rises-for-first-time-in-two-years With Sweden's central bank expecting inflation of nearly 8% this year, everyone working in the country is in line for a real-terms pay cut. We asked Gunilla Krieg, central ombudsman at the Unionen union, what scope there is to negotiate a salary hike to compensate. https://www.thelocal.se/20220706/explained-how-to-negotiate-a-pay-rise-in-sweden-in-the-face-of-inflation Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:47:15 +0200 explained-how-to-negotiate-a-pay-rise-in-sweden-in-the-face-of-inflation The inflation rate in Sweden fell in July for the first time in seven months, according to official data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), indicating that rate rises may be having an impact on rising prices. https://www.thelocal.se/20220812/inflation-rate-dips-in-sweden-for-first-time-in-seven-months Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:21:30 +0200 inflation-rate-dips-in-sweden-for-first-time-in-seven-months A lower-than-expected inflation rate on Tuesday saw the Swedish krona slump to its worst levels against the US dollar in 16 years, fuelling fears that Sweden's Central Bank will be unable to flip the country's negative repo rate into positive territory any time soon. https://www.thelocal.se/20190219/swedish-krona-tumbles-to-worst-levels-against-dollar-in-16-years Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:50:51 +0100 swedish-krona-tumbles-to-worst-levels-against-dollar-in-16-years Sweden reached its inflation target for the first time in more than six years in July, which could spell a return to normalized monetary policy after years of negative interest rates. https://www.thelocal.se/20170815/sweden-hits-inflation-target-for-the-first-time-in-six-years Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:24:16 +0200 sweden-hits-inflation-target-for-the-first-time-in-six-years Sweden's central bank has announced that the country's record-low interest rate of -0.50 percent will remain in place longer than previously planned, with the rate now not due to be changed until 2018. https://www.thelocal.se/20161027/sweden-to-keep-record-low-interest-rate-longer-than-expected Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:28:04 +0200 sweden-to-keep-record-low-interest-rate-longer-than-expected Sweden's central bank has announced that the country's record-low interest rate will remain unchanged at -0.50 percent, citing continued global uncertainty partly sparked by the Brexit vote. https://www.thelocal.se/20160907/sweden-keeps-record-low-interest-rate-brexit Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:06:04 +0200 sweden-keeps-record-low-interest-rate-brexit Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday said it would keep its benchmark repo rate at 0.75 percent, despite reservations from two of its board members. It should remain at the low level for another year. https://www.thelocal.se/20140409/riksbank-to-keep-low-repo-rate-for-a-year-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:53:00 +0200 riksbank-to-keep-low-repo-rate-for-a-year-2 Sweden's average hourly labour costs are just over €40 per hour, high enough to land the country at the top of the EU28 charts, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.se/20140331/sweden-tops-eus-hourly-labour-costs Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:52:00 +0200 sweden-tops-eus-hourly-labour-costs Sweden's central bank revealed on Wednesday that it was keeping an eye on the low inflation, while its board members asked that policy makers pay attention to the country's high level of household indebtedness. https://www.thelocal.se/20140226/swedens-riksbank-keeps-watchful-eye-on-inflation Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:16:00 +0100 swedens-riksbank-keeps-watchful-eye-on-inflation Sweden's inflation rate rose at a higher clip in July than in the previous month, partly due to rising mortgage interest costs, although consumer prices remained flat. https://www.thelocal.se/20110811/35482 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:04:00 +0200 35482 Swedish inflation rose at a higher rate in March than the previous month driven by price hikes for clothing and footwear and housing, official data showed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110412/33168 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:09:00 +0200 33168 Sweden's National Housing Credit Guarantee Board (Bostadskreditnämnd - BKN) has warned that spiralling household mortgage debt will dramatically impact house prices in the near future. https://www.thelocal.se/20110223/32212 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:57:00 +0100 32212 Sweden's inflation rate rose at a higher clip in January than the previous month, partly due to rising housing costs. https://www.thelocal.se/20110217/32108 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:48:00 +0100 32108 A substantial increase in housing costs and higher prices for electricity and food raised Sweden's inflation rate to the unexpectedly high level of 2.3 percent in December, exceeding the central bank's, the Riksbank's, target. https://www.thelocal.se/20110113/31410 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:12:00 +0100 31410 Sweden's consumer price index (CPI) continued its climb in November, fuelled by ever-increasing housing and electricity prices, Sweden's statistics agency announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101209/30728 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:08:00 +0100 30728 Sweden's consumer price index (CPI) remained unchanged between July and August, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB) with the annual inflation rate dropping to 0.9 percent, down from 1.1 percent in July. https://www.thelocal.se/20100909/28876 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:00 +0200 28876 Around half of Swedish households expect house prices to continue to rise with only a fifth expecting a fall, according to a new survey published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100906/28802 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0200 28802 The increase in Swedish housing prices has ceased with prices in greater Stockholm falling by 4 percent over the past month, according to new figures from Mäklarstatistik which attributes the impact of the pending general election. https://www.thelocal.se/20100816/28390 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:41:00 +0200 28390 Inflation climbed slightly to 1.1 percent in Sweden in July, up from 0.9 percent in June, new figures showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100812/28330 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:01:00 +0200 28330