Handelsbanken raises its forecast for GDP growth this year to 2.6 percent, adjusted for calendar changes. This compares with 2.1 percent in a forecast from April. The key interest rate is expected to be raised at the end of the year.
BusinessThe effects of the war in Iran are now starting to have an impact on the Swedish economy. Producer prices - what companies charge each other - are rising at the highest annual rate in just over four years. It is an important indicator that we must look at, Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen told TT.
BusinessHandelsbanken'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.
BusinessNext year, housing prices will rise by around 6 percent, Handelsbanken predicts in its latest real estate report.
BusinessNext year it will brighten up for the Swedish economy and households will get more in their wallet, Handelsbanken writes in an economic forecast.
BusinessThere 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 customs chaos means that the Swedish Central Bank needs to lower the interest rate three times this year. Consequently, the floating mortgage interest rate will follow downwards. This assessment is now made by Handelsbanken, which simultaneously warns of a recession in the USA.
BusinessNordea believes in two more interest rate cuts this year. Handelsbanken assesses that the Swedish Central Bank will be satisfied with one cut. This according to the banks' new economic reports.
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