Swedish inflation holds at 0.7 percent in August

Monday 7th September 2026 on 08:15 in Sweden

Inflation in Sweden remained unchanged at 0.7 percent in August, according to preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden reported by SVT.

The figure, measured by the KPIF index, was lower than expected. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast an average rate of 0.9 percent.

Inflation was also 0.7 percent in July.