Sweden's economy contracted for the second straight month in October, while industrial production grew at a slower pace, separate reports from Statistics Sweden showed on Wednesday.
Gross domestic product decreased 0.3 month-on-month in October, following a 0.1 percent fall in the previous month.
"Swedish economic activity contracted slightly in October with lower production in the business sector as well as declining household consumption," Melker Pettersson Loberg, economist at Statistics Sweden, said.
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