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            <title><![CDATA[Housing Prices Expected to Keep Rising Despite Swedish Rate Hike, Danske Bank Economist Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[House prices rose substantially last month, and the trend is expected to continue despite the Swedish Central Bank’s rate hike. “We expect prices to keep rising at roughly the same pace as they have so far this year,” says Danske Bank Chief Economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksbank Rate Hike Expected Wednesday as Economists Warn of Tougher Times for Households]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Three increases in the Swedish Central Bank’s key interest rate are on the horizon, experts say. Or four, if you look at what fixed-income traders are expecting. The first increase, from 1.75 to 2.00 percent, is expected as early as Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Inflation More Than Doubles, November Rate Hike Expected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Higher energy prices and a weaker krona contributed to more than a doubling of CPIF inflation in September, preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden (Sweden’s national statistics agency) show. The figures confirm that the Swedish Central Bank (Sweden’s central bank) will have to raise the policy rate in November, according to Susanne Spector, chief economist at Danske Bank.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedbank: Rate hike in September would be a real surprise as inflation rises]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation is clearly on the rise. But not yet enough for the Swedish Central Bank to raise interest rates in a few weeks, analysts believe. Then it would be a real surprise, says Swedbank chief economist Mattias Persson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:21:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Danske Bank economist: Best time for households is now, as rate hikes loom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Danske Bank still believes in two interest rate hikes from the Swedish Central Bank by 2027. However, the first interest rate hike is now postponed until November this year. The best time for households is now, says the bank's chief economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksbank signals possible rate hike later this year as it leaves key rate unchanged at 1.75%]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As expected, the Swedish Central Bank is leaving the key interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent. However, Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen and his executive board continue to signal a possible interest rate increase later this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s inflation fell sharply in July, driven by tax cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation fell sharply in July, preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB) show. The fact that inflation is now falling is largely due to tax cuts, says Susanne Spector, chief economist at Danske Bank. But the tax cuts are obscuring the picture, and several economists predict that inflation will pick up again this autumn.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What the crisis years have taught us about the economy, inflation and house prices]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pandemic, inflation, war - and then Donald Trump. The crises have piled up in recent years, and the economy has been hit by one shock after another. But we have also actually learned from the crises.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inflation doubled in May, flashing red]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation, according to the CPIF measure, almost doubled to 1.5 percent in May, new Statistics Sweden figures show. More inflation indicators are starting to flash red, says Susanne Spector, chief economist at Danske Bank.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Riksbank leaves key interest rate unchanged as risk of higher inflation increases]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Central Bank leaves the key interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent. The picture ahead is bleak. We nevertheless assess that the risk that the war in the Middle East will lead to higher inflation has increased somewhat, says Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rising inflation in Sweden could trigger interest rate hikes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation is clearly on the rise, and further interest-rate hikes risk destroying households' housing calculations. But the situation is difficult to assess, and experts do not agree. New price statistics from Statistics Sweden will be released on Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is what stock market sharks do - securing their money for the weekend]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Buy on Monday, sell on Wednesday. It has been a winning strategy on the stock exchanges in March. Consequently, Stockholm faces the risk of another financially unfavorable declaration of war by Trump over the weekend.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How the oil crisis can hit your wallet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It is considerably more expensive to refuel. Airline fares and electricity prices are likely to rise. Food costs could rise, and there could be shortages of goods. The soaring oil prices will have far-reaching effects if this continues, according to analysts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:36:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lower inflation reassuring for the Swedish Central Bank]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation in Sweden fell to 1.7 percent in February, according to new preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden. The decline was greater than expected. The outcome is reassuring for the Swedish Central Bank, says Danske Bank's chief economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:01:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Göran Hjelm, possible dove, takes seat on Riksbank Executive Board]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Göran Hjelm, head of the Fiscal Policy Council, has been appointed a new member of the Swedish Central Bank's Executive Board. The announcement comes as a surprise to economists, as he is not particularly well-known. "It was not what I had expected," said SEB's chief economist Jens Magnusson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inflation falls, opens the way for interest rate cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Inflation is falling, and unexpectedly so. Today's outcome increases the likelihood that the Swedish Central Bank will lower interest rates, says Susanne Spector, chief economist at Danske Bank.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:02:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Experts: After the giant rally, the krona slows down this year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The dollar has plummeted and the krona has strengthened recently. However, that trend may soon stop. According to forecasts from several banks, the exchange rate may be the same in a year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why inflation is falling and strengthening purchasing power]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Cheaper furniture, fuel and accommodation are pushing down inflation, according to new figures. Welcome news: low inflation means increased purchasing power for households, says Danske Bank's chief economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:03:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Experts: How much housing prices will rise next year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Better economic conditions and the abolition of amortization requirements are expected to breathe new life into the housing market in 2026. Several experts predict that prices will rise by around 5 percent in 2026.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA["Cheaper package holidays contributed to inflation falling in November, but food prices continued to rise. Today's outcome above all removes the risk that we would enter next year with uncomfortably high inflation," says Danske Bank's chief economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Inflation according to the CPIF measure fell to 2.3 percent in November, according to preliminary figures from Statistics Sweden. It's falling significantly, now we have low inflation in sight, says Länsförsäkringar's chief economist Alexandra Stråberg.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[House prices fell in November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[House prices fell back slightly in November after an otherwise strong recovery in the second half of the year, according to Danske Bank's house price indicator.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:57:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The hottest election question – but how many are unemployed?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Unemployment is set to be one of the hottest issues of the election. And new figures show that it continues to rise and that Sweden has the third highest unemployment rate in Europe. But is that a fair picture? Probably not, according to Danske Bank's chief economist Susanne Spector.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interest rate unchanged - uncertain about next steps]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Riksbank, as expected, is leaving the key interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent. And a rate cut as the next step is currently more likely than a hike, according to SEB's chief economist Jens Magnusson. However, her colleague at Danske Bank, Susanne Spector, sees an increased likelihood of a hike.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Price increases in the housing market – “lightening”]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There are "bright spots" in the housing market, according to a house price indicator from Danske Bank for October. At least that's true if you're planning to sell your home.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:43:50 GMT</pubDate>
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