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Will soft inflation delay Riksbank tightening?

Non-energy inflation in Sweden has been unexpectedly weak in recent months, prompting investors to push back their expectations of the first rate rise into 2019. But there is evidence of rising cost pressures, which we think will give the Riksbank confidence to start tightening before the year is out.

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