There is great uncertainty surrounding the interest rate development during the year. Handelsbanken and Swedbank are counting on two cuts. SEB believes in one. Nordea believes that the Swedish Central Bank is waiting and does not count on any cut at all.
BusinessThe increase in food prices accelerated further in April. It has become 42 percent more expensive, according to new SCB figures. It is ominous if it continues to rise, says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (The Moderate Party).
BusinessThe strong price increases have ebbed out after Monday's announcement about a pause in the trade war between China and the USA. The OMXS index, like leading European stock exchanges, closed near zero – The real estate company SBB rocketed 40 percent.
BusinessThe police, the Consumer Agency and the four major banks have together stopped thousands of purchases on fake online stores by starting to share information with each other. The collaboration, which took place at the end of the year, led to the total amount stopped being tens of millions of kronor higher than before.
SwedenThe trade agreement between the USA and the United Kingdom can best be described as a symbolic move with a limited economic value, according to economist Robert Bergqvist. This is a framework filled with too many question marks.
BusinessEven if the Central Bank keeps the door open for an interest rate cut further ahead, Nordea's chief economist Annika Winsth is doubtful about whether it will happen. SEB's chief strategist Olle Holmgren, on the other hand, believes increasingly strongly in a cut as early as June.
BusinessEven if the Central Bank keeps the door open for an interest rate cut further ahead, Nordea's chief economist Annika Winsth is doubtful about whether it will happen. SEB's chief strategist Olle Holmgren, on the other hand, believes increasingly strongly in a cut as early as June.
BusinessInflation remained unchanged in April at 2.3 per cent. It is still too high for the Swedish Central Bank to lower the interest rate tomorrow, according to analysts.
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