Swedish firms rate conditions above average for the first time since 2022
The Riksbank's August business survey finds the feared drag from the Middle East war did not arrive, with retail and hospitality the most optimistic.
Serguey Asael Shinder
Contributing writer
Software engineer, BSc First Class Honours in Computing and Information Systems. Reads central bank statements, minutes and statistical releases, and writes down what each one changes and what it leaves unchanged.
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The useful half of a central bank statement is what it left out
Four habits for reading a rate decision: the vote, the unchanged clause, the effective date, and the footnote nobody quotes.
The ONS sets out how it intends to measure AI in the UK economy
A methodology release on 21 September sets out how the UK statistical office intends to measure artificial intelligence in the economy — and labels the output as not official statistics.
The ECB explains why this energy shock reached bills differently
An Economic Bulletin box argues the 2026 energy shock is smaller than 2021-22, that renewables weakened the link from gas to power prices, and that retail pass-through itself has changed.