The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “As soon as you find one component, you realise you’re missing another”
Economic activity has continued to strengthen for major Swedish companies since the spring due to strong domestic and global demand. At the same time, there are major disruptions in output and deliveries, which are increasing costs and the need to raise sales prices.“The entire transport market is a bit shaky” For parts of the business sector, the supply problems have worsened since the Riksbank’s last survey this May. Parts of the manufacturing sector have periodically been forced to limit output due to logistics problems in combination with shortages of key components such as