Riksbank delays first hike on weak inflation

Repo rate expected to remain negative until late 2019

Photo by David Lundberg

The executive board of Sveriges Riksbank today (April 26) delayed its first rate increase until the end of the year, on the grounds that inflation requires an expansionary monetary policy in order to remain close to the 2% target.

As was widely anticipated, the central bank kept the key repo rate unchanged at –0.5% after its monetary policy meeting. Although policymakers acknowledge “economic activity in Sweden is still strong and inflation has been close to target for the past year” in a

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