As we had expected, the Riksbank finally bowed to economic logic in its April meeting by raising the repo rate, to +0.25%, and announcing that it will begin to shrink its balance sheet this year. While the Bank has spoken in the past of the need to tread carefully with its tightening cycle, in practice we expect policymakers to tighten faster than they currently project next year.
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