Overview

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Central bank — Riksbank policy rate

The Riksbank's policy rate (styrränta) sets the cost of money in Sweden and feeds through to mortgages, the krona and government borrowing costs. Full trailing history below.

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Macro — inflation, growth & debt

KPIF inflation (the Riksbank's 2% target), GDP growth and government debt — the context the policy rate and the budget are set against.

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Employment — SCB labour-force statistics

From SCB's Labour Force Surveys (AKU): the unemployment rate and the employment rate, seasonally adjusted.

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National budget — government vs. opposition

The governing coalition's budget bill and the four opposition parties' shadow budgets for the fiscal year.

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Politics — party support & the 2026 election

Budgets are proposals — who gets to enact them depends on the vote. The official SCB party-preference survey and a countdown to election day.

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Gothenburg — region & city

Region Västra Götaland (regionfullmäktige) and the City of Gothenburg (kommunfullmäktige) adopted budgets.

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What to watch — why it matters

Sources & methodology