Riksbank’s rate-setters disagree on future rate moves – minutes
Some executive board members stress trade tensions, while others point to local economic strength
Executive board members of Sveriges Riksbank hold different outlooks about future rate decisions, minutes of the last monetary policy decision on July 2 show.
After that meeting, the Swedish central bank kept interest rates unchanged at –0.25%. In April, the central bank abandoned the tightening path it had started in December 2018, when it hiked rates for the first time since 2011. A majority of the six board members decided to postpone new rate increases and prolong government bond purchases
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