Niklas Pollard

2 weeks ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Niklas Pollard

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden is well-placed to deal with the changing environment brought on by abrupt shifts in trade and security policies, the Swedish central bank's Deputy Governor Anna Seim said on Thursday. "In Sweden we have stable economic-policy frameworks and strong public finances. All this puts us in a favourable position that many other countries lack," Seim said in a speech.

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Niklas Pollard

By Niklas PollardSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish headline consumer prices fell 0.5% in March from the previous month and rose 2.3% from the same month a year earlier, flash figures from the statistics office (SCB) showed on Friday, bringing inflation back near the Riksbank’s target. The outcome eases pressure on the Riksbank to adopt a more hawkish stance, and the crown weakened against the euro shortly after the data release.

2 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Niklas Pollard

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish headline consumer prices fell 0.5% in March from the previous month and rose 2.3% from the same month a year earlier, flash figures from the statistics office (SCB) showed on Friday, bringing inflation back near the Riksbank's target. The outcome eases pressure on the Riksbank to adopt a more hawkish stance, and the crown weakened against the euro shortly after the data release.

3 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Niklas Pollard

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump were "somewhat worse" than expected but Sweden had strong finances and the central bank was ready to act if necessary, Riksbank Governor Erik Thedeen said on Thursday. Trump announced sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, risking cost increases and possible retaliation from all sides.

4 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Niklas Pollard |Stine Jacobsen

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden provisionally aims to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2030, a bigger and faster ramp-up than previously planned as part of its biggest rearmament since the Cold War, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday. Defence spending has so far been projected to reach 2.4% of GDP this year and 2.6% in 2028, but government ministers have acknowledged more will be needed given U.S. warnings that European security can no longer be Washington's primary focus.