Swedish household wealth decreased despite positive financial savings
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Swedish households had positive financial savings during the second
quarter of this year. However, household wealth decreased since a large
part of households’ assets is related to shares, and the Stockholm
Stock Exchange, which fell, by 3.5 percent according to Affärsvärlden’s
general index.
Households’ financial wealth decreased during the second quarter of
2013 by Skr 67 billion, of which Skr105 billion was due to a decrease
in value and 38 billion due to positive financial savings. The decrease
in value occurred mainly for share-related assets. The share-related
assets consist of directly owned quoted and unquoted shares, as well as
indirectly owned shares through savings in pensions, insurance, and
funds.
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