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MNI: SWEDEN DATA: Inflation (Apr 2019) Preview - 08:30 BST
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- CPIF: Bbg Consensus: 0.6% m/m, 2.0% y/y; Previous (Mar): 0.2% m/m, 1.8% y/y
- CPI: Bbg Consensus: 0.7% m/m, 2.1% y/y; Previous (Mar): 0.2% m/m, 1.9% y/y
- The CPIF rate fell 0.1pp to a six-month low of 1.8% in Mar, on the back of
softer energy inflation
- Excluding energy, the CPIF edged up to 1.5% in Mar from 1.4% in Feb
- Markets look for headline CPIF inflation to edge higher in Apr
- The later timing of Easter this year will have likely boosted the prices of
seasonal goods & services
- Currency weakness is stoking import prices and should continue to provide
upward pressure ahead...
- ... with the krona having hit a decade-low against the Euro in early May 

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