The Riksbank will look through the recent pick-up in consumer price inflation in Sweden, which rose above the Bank’s 2% target in April for the first time since May 2019. After all, the energy-driven increase in the headline CPIF rate will be temporary, and Sweden’s system of wage settlements reduces the chances of a wage-price spiral developing in any case.
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