Swedish c bank chief says worried by inflation

SWEDEN - Sweden's central bank governor Urban Backstrom said on Thursday he shared the concern of many of his colleagues at the bank on inflation but said a rate rise should be postponed if an upturn was not certain.

Backstrom's remarks come 11 days before the central bank's monetary policy meeting, at which economists expect it to raise its key repo rate by 25 basis points to 4.00 percent.

Backstrom, noting there was evidence that recovery would materialise in Sweden and the rest of the world

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