SEK macro coverage

Sweden Economic Indicators

Swedish krona — small, open Nordic currency sensitive to eurozone growth and risk sentiment.

The Swedish krona (SEK) is the official currency of Sweden. It is a small, open, and highly cyclical currency that tends to behave as a higher-beta proxy for eurozone growth and global risk appetite.

Open Central Bank Policy Rate SEK currency profile Developer docs

Sweden macro brief

The highest-signal pages for Sweden include Central Bank Policy Rate, Core Inflation, Retail Sales, Producer Price Index (PPI), with each page linking back to the source metadata, release history, and API endpoint.

The Riksbank sets the policy rate at five scheduled meetings per year, with a 2% CPIF (CPI with fixed mortgage rates) inflation target. Each decision is accompanied by a Monetary Policy Report with detailed projections.

The pages below are organized by indicator rather than API route. That keeps the public website useful for research while still preserving direct links into the versioned API documentation for developers.

What to watch
  • Riksbank policy decision and Monetary Policy Report.
  • Sweden CPIF release.
  • Sweden GDP indicator and industrial production.
  • EUR/SEK as the dominant trading pair.
  • Riksbank FX reserve hedging announcements.

Key Sweden indicators

The highest-signal country pages for rates, inflation, growth, labour markets, and external balances.

Central Bank Policy Rate

Primary interest rate set by the Central Bank.

~6x/year % Monetary Policy
Open page API docs

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Quarterly %YoY Economy
Open page API docs

Retail Sales

Measures change in the total value of sales at the retail level.

Monthly %YoY Economy
Open page API docs

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Monthly %YoY Economy
Open page API docs

Business Confidence

Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.

Monthly Index (0-100 normalized) Economy
Open page API docs

Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Monthly Index (0-100 normalized) Economy
Open page API docs

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Quarterly SEK mn Economy
Open page API docs

Trade-Weighted Index (NEER)

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) measuring the value of a currency relative to a basket of trading partners' currencies, weighted by trade volumes. Published monthly by the BIS.

Monthly Index (2020=100) Economy
Open page API docs

All Sweden indicator pages

Filter by indicator name, source, cadence, or category.

Economy 7 pages

Business Confidence

Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.

Monthly Index (0-100 normalized) Coverage metadata updating
Country page Country list API docs

Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Monthly Index (0-100 normalized) Coverage metadata updating
Country page Country list API docs

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Monthly %YoY Coverage metadata updating
Country page Country list API docs

Trade-Weighted Index (NEER)

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) measuring the value of a currency relative to a basket of trading partners' currencies, weighted by trade volumes. Published monthly by the BIS.

Monthly Index (2020=100) History from 2010-01-31 (16.4 years)
Country page Country list API docs
Labor Market 4 pages

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Monthly % Coverage metadata updating
Country page Country list API docs
Money & Credit 3 pages

Broad Money (M3)

M1 + savings + term deposits. RBNZ column A+B (broadest aggregate).

Monthly SEK mn Coverage metadata updating
Country page Country list API docs
Monetary Policy 2 pages
Government Bond Yields 5 pages
Additional Indicators 3 pages

SEK market drivers

Evergreen macro forces to keep beside the country data table.

Driver 1

Riksbank policy rate and rate-path projections.

Driver 2

Sweden CPIF and CPIF excluding energy.

Driver 3

Eurozone growth and ECB policy — Sweden's largest export market is the EU.

Driver 4

Krona FX hedging by the Riksbank from FX reserves.

Driver 5

Global risk sentiment and equity volatility.

Driver 6

Swedish housing market and household credit dynamics.

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