Handelsbanken lowers growth forecast for
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Handelsbanken lowers growth forecast for this year to 2.1 percent

Handelsbanken's economists lower the growth forecast for this year to 2.1 percent on a calendar-adjusted basis, down from 2.7 percent previously. The key interest rate is assumed to remain unchanged for the rest of the year and is expected to be raised in two steps to 2.25 percent in 2027 as growth gains new momentum.

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According to the bank's assessment, the conflict in the Middle East is slowing the global recovery, but the main scenario is that it will turn around this autumn.

"If uncertainty and the inflationary impulse ease, we see good opportunities for a recovery reminiscent of the one we saw after last year's tariff shock," says the bank's chief economist, Christina Nyman, in a press release.

The bank writes there is a risk that things will go the other way, with "significantly higher oil prices, a broader rise in inflation and interest rate increases despite a weaker economy."

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