Riksbank continues backtracking – Nordea Markets
|Analysts at Nordea Markets suggest that in a light Scandinavian news week, focus remained on the Riksbank’s backtracking of the market reaction created by the sentence "it is important that the krona exchange rate develops in a way compatible with inflation stabilising close to the target" from the April meeting.
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“This week board member Cecilia Skingsley reiterated her remarks from the most recent meeting minutes and thereby confirmed that she is not discontent with EUR/SEK recoiling from its highs close to 10.70.”
“Also this week’s early signs of stabilisation in the Swedish housing market indicated by the HOX/Valuegard figures were SEK positive. SEK is still roughly 1.5% weaker than anticipated by the Riksbank in April, indicating that EUR/SEK can drop to around 10.15 without any notable bearing for the Riksbank.”
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