Finland’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.2% in August 2026 from 2.1% in each of the previous three months, its highest level since March 2024, while Sweden’s consumer-price inflation increased to 0.3% from 0.2% in July. Finnish price growth accelerated for food, household costs, transport and recreation, whereas Swedish inflation was led by housing, transport and information and communication. Monthly consumer prices fell 0.2% in Finland and 0.3% in Sweden. Sweden’s CPIF, the fixed-interest consumer-price measure targeted by the Riksbank, rose 0.7% annually, its lowest rate since December 2020.