Economics
Riksbank Seeks End to Negative Rates in Pivot Away From Herd
- Bank sees repo rate returning to 0% by the end of this year
- But outlook remains shaped by ‘considerable’ uncertainty
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Sweden’s Riksbank made clear it wants to put an end to half a decade of negative interest rates, as it breaks away from the monetary orthodoxy of the day despite continued signs of weakness in the largest Nordic economy.