Interest-rate hike moves closer
Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Most major Swedish banks now expect the Riksbank to raise its policy rate sooner than previously forecast.
- Swedbank recently reversed its earlier view that no rate increase would come before 2028.
- The banks link the prospect of higher mortgage costs to war, climate change and plastic pollution.
War, climate change and plastic pollution could soon make Swedish mortgages more expensive. That is the forecast from most major banks after they changed their views on the Riksbank’s next move.
The shift follows a series of sharp reversals in expectations. Swedbank recently made a complete U-turn after its economists had argued for a long time that the Riksbank would not raise interest rates before 2028.
The bank’s new position brings a rate increase closer, although the source does not give a specific new date or explain the banks’ revised forecasts in further detail.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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