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MNI Riksbank Review: Bond sales to begin

RIKSBANK
  • Thursday’s Riksbank meeting saw a more hawkish outcome than the market expected and saw the Swedish krona enjoy its second biggest day of appreciation since 2009.
  • The curveball was the decision to announce the start of active government bond sales from April. This was something that markets were not expecting but that we had flagged up as a risk in our preview.
  • We think that the biggest risk to a larger than 25bp hike in April will be the March ECB communication.

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