The decision by the Riksbank to leave its repo rate on hold at -0.25% this morning came as no surprise, but the fact that it left its (in our view) optimistic forecast for interest rates unchanged bucks the dovish trend by other central banks, notably the ECB, in recent months. We think that rate hikes remain a distant prospect and that economic conditions could justify further easing.
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