Core Consumer Prices in Sweden increased to 219.56 Index Points in July from 218.66 Index Points in June of 2019. Core Consumer Prices in Sweden averaged 169 Index Points from 1987 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 219.56 Index Points in July of 2019 and a record low of 98.21 Index Points in January of 1987. As of September 2017, the Riksbank uses the CPIF, the consumer price index with a fixed interest rate, as target variable for the inflation target. According to the central bank, “From a monetary policy perspective, one disadvantage of the CPI is that it is directly affected by changes in the policy rate. These adjustments have, through their impact on mortgage rates, large and direct effects on the CPI which are not connected to underlying inflationary pressures”. This page provides – Sweden Core Consumer Prices – actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.