Beyonce blamed for shock rise in inflation in Sweden
Two concert events carried out by Beyonce in Stockholm final month could have brought about Swedish inflation to rise, a senior economist has steered.
The American celebrity kicked off her Renaissance World Tour in Sweden, taking part in two offered out gigs within the Swedish capital on 10 and 11 May.
And it seems the demand for resort rooms and restaurant bookings was so intense that it pushed up the official inflation statistics.
Michael Grahn, Danske Bank’s chief economist for Sweden, tweeted: “Beyonce’s start of her world tour in Sweden seems to have coloured May inflation.”
The actual quantity is “uncertain”, he added, however stated the concert events “probably” added about 0.2% to the general rise of 9.7%.
It quantities to 2 thirds of the 0.3% added by motels and eating places.
Mr Grahn informed the Financial Times it was an “astonishing” improvement and never one thing Sweden had skilled earlier than.
Some followers booked resort rooms as much as 40 miles exterior Stockholm, the economist stated.
He added on Twitter: “We expect this upside surprise to be reversed in June as prices on hotels and tickets reverse back to normal.”
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Visit Stockholm has attributed excessive ranges of tourism and virtually full resort occupancy to the “Beyonce effect”.
In an electronic mail to The Washington Post final month, it stated guests from the United States, Germany and Britain accounted for the biggest variety of bookings within the metropolis.
Earnings from the tour may exceed $2bn (£1.6bn), in response to Forbes journal, though it admits that determine is predicated on the “most optimistic assumptions”.
Beyonce went from Stockholm to Brussels final month, then headed for the UK, the place she performed Cardiff, Edinburgh and Sunderland, earlier than 5 dates on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.