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            <title><![CDATA[Are we loosing our jobs to AI? A deep dive into swedish statistics.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Everyone has heard about it. Many of us have thought about it. All of us feel it. A nagging worry about the future. A fear of the new. It is said that AI will take over and that we are making ourselves expendable. That we might loose our jobs to AI. But is that so? What do the statistics really say?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Inflation Falls Unexpectedly, Raising Prospect of Slower Rate Hikes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation fell sharply and unexpectedly in October. The drop could lead the Swedish Central Bank to slow the pace of rate hikes, analysts say. Torbjörn Hållö, chief economist at LO, believes the bank started tightening too early. “Households have barely recovered.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Electricity and fuel pushed up Swedish inflation in August]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish CPIF inflation in August remained at 0.7 percent, according to a second calculation by Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åkesson after Rinkeby visit: Sweden should not look like this]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson has now voted early. The polling place he chose: People's House in Rinkeby. "This doesn't look like Sweden. This feels like you're in a part of another country," he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Everyone should have a chance to vote, Swedish City Mission says as it brings early voting to people in poverty]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[People living in poverty in Sweden vote to a significantly lesser extent than the rich and well-educated. The Swedish City Mission is trying to offset this with its own early voting.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreign-born share in the Riksdag remains at 2010 level despite rising electorate, SR Ekot reports]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The proportion of foreign-born people sitting in the Riksdag is at the same level as after the 2010 election, reports SR Ekot. This is despite the fact that the proportion of foreign-born people with the right to vote has increased since then.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More people are working longer, SCB figures show]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More and more people are working longer, according to figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:36:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish GDP falls 0.8% in July, worse than expected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish GDP fell in July, according to Statistics Sweden's preliminary indicator.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedbank: Rate hike in September would be a real surprise as inflation rises]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation is clearly on the rise. But not yet enough for the Swedish Central Bank to raise interest rates in a few weeks, analysts believe. Then it would be a real surprise, says Swedbank chief economist Mattias Persson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish food VAT cut fully passed on in lower prices, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The reduction in food VAT this spring had a full impact, in the form of lower food prices, according to a first interim report from the Swedish Consumer Agency and the National Institute of Economic Research.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:37:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fewer people on sick leave for mental illness, new Swedish data shows]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The share of people on sick leave due to mental illness is decreasing for the first time in a long time, according to new statistics. Incredibly positive, but perhaps too early to talk about a trend reversal, says Magnus Elfdahl at the insurance company Skandia.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Strong growth raises risk of Swedish central bank rate hike this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Strong GDP figures, positive household sentiment and a buoyant economy increase the risk that the Swedish Central Bank will raise the key interest rate already this year, according to Nordea. State-owned SBAB, in turn, predicts a hike in the key interest rate in November this year. Amanda Sundström at SEB does not quite agree.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish confidence improves as growth beats expectations, price hikes loom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sentiment is stronger than normal among Swedish households, according to a barometer from the National Institute of Economic Research (KI). And more companies than normal expect to be able to raise prices. At the same time, Swedish growth in the second quarter was clearly greater than expected, according to recent figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish greenhouse gas emissions rose 77,000 tonnes in first quarter, SCB says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Greenhouse gas emissions from the Swedish economy increased to 12.9 million tonnes in the first quarter of this year, according to preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB). This is an increase of 77,000 tonnes, or 0.6 percent, compared with the first quarter of 2025.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish trade surplus shrinks as exports and imports fall in July]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The value of Swedish exports of goods fell to 159.9 billion kronor in July, down from 198.1 billion in June. Imports also fell to 158.7 billion kronor, from 195.6 billion kronor. The trade surplus thus shrank to 1.2 billion kronor, down from 2.5 billion kronor in June, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:45:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s party voters: Surveys show the typical supporter of each party]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There are many stereotypes about what an environmentalist or a Sweden Democrat looks like. But are they really true? Surveys provide some of the answers.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Producer prices edge up in July as lower electricity prices drag on domestic market]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Producer prices in July rose 0.1 percent compared with June, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:08:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish fund assets top 10 trillion kronor after record second-quarter gains]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Assets in Swedish funds increased by SEK 1.1 trillion during the second quarter of this year, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New apartment construction rises 8% in first half of the year, SCB says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Approximately 15,350 new residential apartment projects were started during the first half of this year, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). This is an increase of 8 percent compared with the first half of 2025.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment is unchanged, as is employment, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Advantages for sellers. This could be the effect of a significantly reduced supply of homes for sale ahead of the big viewing weekends, according to Hemnet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Women shoppers help boost clothing sales as Swedish consumption shows signs of recovery]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Are Swedish households about to open their wallets, and will consumption pick up again? A number of signs of this have emerged recently, including reports from clothing companies.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEB: Riksbank unlikely to raise rates soon after July inflation figures]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish unemployment falls only slightly as labor market recovery stalls]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment is falling - but only marginally. The latest monthly figures show a continued tough situation on the labor market.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Household consumption rose 1.6% in June, SCB says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Household consumption increased by 1.6 percent in June compared with May, measured in constant prices and in seasonally adjusted terms, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB).]]></description>
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