Riksbank: April meeting could be another story – Nordea Markets
|Analysts at Nordea Markets point out that in the February meeting of Riksbank, it refrained from sending any new policy signals, which prompted a slight hawkish surprise given the gloomy sentiment that was built up ahead of the meeting.
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“The Riksbank didn’t prolong the currency intervention mandate, and while this has no real practical significance, it is a signal to markets that the Riksbank may care a little less about the SEK level going forward.”
“We still warn against extrapolating the slightly hawkish take-away, as the Riksbank remains too optimistic on growth and private consumption for instance. This could prompt a downward revision of the rate path in April, if the Riksbank is proved wrong. Furthermore, the decision on how to handle the maturing Dec-2020 bond on the balance sheet will likely be taken in April. If the Riksbank mirrors its pre-reinvestment actions head of the Mar-2019 bond redemption, then they will decide to pre-reinvest the maturing bond in Dec-20 already now. This would leave an expanding balance sheet for the rest of 2019 and until Dec-2020. Not a hawkish nor SEK positive scenario.”
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