Riksbank Rate Horizon Seen Shifting Toward Hike: Decision Guide

Swedish policymakers are set to keep their interest rate on hold this week, cementing a halt to easing after a sudden surge in inflation brought the specter of hikes back onto the agenda.

The no-change outcome widely expected on Thursday, as officials confront renewed price risks and a potential US-led trade war, may mean the Riksbank’s quarter-point reduction to 2.25% at the start of this year will turn out to have been the last this cycle.