Situation in the labour market is increasingly stable In August 2021, 5 124 000 people were employed, not seasonally adjusted. There were 479 000 unemployed persons, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent. The total average number of hours worked was 130.4 million hours per week. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data showed that there were 5 074 000 employed persons in August, an increase compared with previous months in 2021. The unemployment rate was 8.9 percent, a decrease compared with previous months in 2021. 2021-09-21 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Private enterprises carried out 18 percent of welfare sector activities Total activities in health care, education and social services amounted to SEK 1 194 billion in 2019. Activities carried out by private enterprises amounted to SEK 210 billion, which is equivalent to 18 percent of activities in the welfare sector. 2021-09-17 • Financiers and providers within education, health care and social services
Borrowing in debt securities increased At the end of August, total Swedish borrowing in debt securities amounted to SEK 8 704 billion, up by SEK 57 billion from the previous month. This increase is mainly due to increased borrowing in debt securities denominated in Swedish kronor. 2021-09-16 • Securities issues
Production value in the environmental sector increased in 2019 In 2019, the production value in the environmental sector amounted to SEK 509 billion, 10 percent more than in 2018. This increase mainly occurred in the construction and energy industries. The environmental sector employed 151 000 people, of whom about 80 percent were men. 2021-09-16 • System of Environmental and Economic Accounts
Construction costs rose by 7.0 percent in August on an annual basis The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings rose by 0.9 percent between July and August 2021. The annual rate of change in construction costs was 7.0 percent in August, up from 6.7 percent in July 2021. 2021-09-15 • Construction cost index for buildings (CCI) (input price index)
