Private enterprises carried out 18 percent of welfare sector activities Total activities in health care, education and social services amounted to SEK 1 166 billion in 2018. Activities carried out by private enterprises accounted for SEK 206 billion. This means that 18 percent of welfare sector activities were carried out by private enterprises. 2020-09-18 • Financiers and providers within education, health care and social services
Borrowing in debt securities increased At the end of August, total liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 8 032 billion, up by SEK 35 billion from July. This increase mainly came from an increase in borrowing of debt securities denominated in Swedish kronor and US dollars. 2020-09-16 • Securities issues
Construction costs rose by 0.6 percent in August on an annual basis Since April, total wage costs in the Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings have been considerably affected by various support measures related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The annual rate of change in construction costs has increased rapidly since June and was 0.6 percent in August. In June and July, the corresponding change was -3.0 percent and -0.1 percent respectively. 2020-09-15 • Construction cost index for buildings (CCI) (input price index)
Labour market stabilised In August 2020, there were 5 116 000 employed persons. The number of unemployed persons increased by 114 000 to 494 000. This corresponds to an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent, up by 1.9 percentage points. Among young people, the unemployment rate increased by 6.3 percentage points to 22.5 percent. Average hours worked amounted to 119.8 million hours per week, a decrease of 3.1 percent, calendar adjusted. According to seasonally adjusted and smoothed data, employment decreased, while unemployment increased compared with February 2020. However, employment and unemployment have stabilised, as no further detrimental changes have been noted since June. The unemployment rate was 9.3 percent. 2020-09-15 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Holdings in foreign shares and investment fund shares increased Swedish holdings in foreign portfolio assets increased in the second half of 2019. At the end of December 2019, total holdings amounted to SEK 6 216.6 billion, which was 5 percent less than at the end of June 2019. This increase is mainly due to larger share holdings abroad, in which holdings in US shares account for the major part. 2020-09-14 • Balance of Payments (BoP)
