MNI BRIEF: Riksbank Hikes 50 bps, Sees At Least One More Hike
The Rilksbank's Executive Borad hiked the policy rate to 3.0%, announced asset sales and raised its rate peak to 3.3%, signalling a 25bps hike at its next meeting
The Riksbank delivered its expected 50 basis point hike at its February meeting, lifting the policy rate to 3.0% and made clear that it would likely hike at least once more. (MNI RIKSBANK WATCH: Focus On Rate Peak)
The central bank's 's Executive Board raised the projected policy peak to 3.3%.from close to 3.0% and the board stated that "the policy rate will probably be raised further during the spring," which pointsj to a 25bps hike at its next policy meeting in late April.
The Riksbank will start selling longer dated nominal and inflation linked government bonds from April at a pace of SEK 3 billion and SEK 0.5 billion respectively per month