{
  "id": 1460127,
  "title": "Swedish Krona: Riksbank seen on cautious hawkish hold – BBH",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/swedish-krona-riksbank-seen-on-cautious-hawkish-hold-bbh",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:50:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FXStreet",
    "slug": "fxstreet",
    "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com/news/swedish-krona-riksbank-seen-on-cautious-hawkish-hold-bbh-202608170950"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad anticipates the Riksbank will maintain its policy rate at 1.75% for an additional seven meetings while keeping open the possibility of a future rate increase. However, with inflation remaining well below expectations, Haddad views the criteria for a hawkish stance as rigorous, presenting a challenging headwind for the Swedish Krona (SEK). The Riksbank is widely projected to keep the policy rate at 1.75% for a seventh consecutive meeting, scheduled for Thursday. Crucially, the Riksbank is likely to maintain the possibility of a rate hike later in the year due to inflation exceeding projections. In July, Sweden’s CPIF was 0.7% year-over-year versus the Riksbank’s forecast of 0.5%, while CPIF ex-energy was 0.6% year-over-year versus the Riksbank’s forecast of 0.2%. Despite this, given that inflation is still well below the 2% target, the threshold for a hawkish Riksbank adjustment is high, creating a headwind for SEK. The swaps curve currently incorporates a 25 basis points hike to 2.00% in December.",
  "summary": "Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects the Riksbank to keep its policy rate at 1.75% for a seventh consecutive meeting while leaving the door open to a later hike as inflation runs above projections.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "Swedish Krona: Riksbank steady as currency lags – BNY",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/swedish-krona-riksbank-steady-as-currency-lags-bny",
        "published": "2026-08-17T07:00:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}