Riksbank: Will go back a few years when interest rates rise – Swedbank CEO
2015-06-30 17:12
STOCKHOLM (SIX), the Riksbank will in a few years when interest rates rise to go back on the bonds authority is now buying at low interest rates and thus at high prices, predicts Swedbank CEO Michael Wolf. At some point, interest rates will go up, which means sinking bond prices, and when the Riksbank will make losses and need to get the deficit covered, according to Michael Wolf. "The response we have in a few years", says Swedbank manager is critical to the very expansionary monetary policy that the Riksbank among another negative repo. He says that doping export companies and sends the signal that they do not need to try especially hard. It emerged at a seminar on less interest organized by Affärsvärlden and Deloitte during Almedalsveckan. Several of the panelists were skeptical that the Riksbank sounds the repo rate lie in negative territory. Rikard Josefsson, President of Länsförsäkringar Bank, fears that cheap Money means that people take a risk and that a bubble is being built somewhere in the economic system. Gunther Marder, president of the association Entrepreneurs, believes that the money does not arrive to small businesses. The increased capital requirements on the banks hit harder than the possibility of negative interest rate offers, he argues. Agnetha Jönsson, chief editor of the newspaper Aktiespararen, consider that although it is good that the crown thanks to the expansive monetary policy has strengthened against the euro, something that is good for export companies. But companies have not had much lower interest, she says, adding that negative interest rates also inhibits willingness to invest by signaling uncertainty. "Therefore, I think it was pretty pointless to go down so far, "she says. The Riksbank's repo rate is currently at 0.25 percent. They Most analysts believe that it is left unchanged there at the monetary policy announcement later this week, according to SIX News analyst survey. Johan Lind, Tel: +46 8586164 48 mailto: johan.lind@six-group.se www.blogg.six.seSIXNews SIX News