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Features · Sweden Explained · Published 7 August 2026

Sweden’s inflation fell to 0.2% as energy prices dropped

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Updated 14:50 · 2 min read

A newly installed digital household electricity meter with a zero reading, photographed in Berlin in January 2025.
A newly installed digital household electricity meter with a zero reading, photographed in Berlin in January 2025.. Image: RobbieIanMorrison / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0

Sweden's preliminary CPI inflation rate fell to 0.2 percent in July from 0.7 percent in June. That number measures how the average price level changed over a year. It does not say that every household's bills became cheaper.

Statistics Sweden said energy prices decreased significantly. The CPI basket also

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