Swedish inflation
Experts believe in a reduction: "The interest rate path is being adjusted down"
The Riksbank will lower the interest rate by 25 points to 2.50 percent on Thursday, predicts a consensus of analysts. Several major banks then believe in a new reduction in January, according to Infront's compilation.
Swedbank expects the Riksbank to flag further reductions at the beginning of 2025 while waiting for the weak economy to turn around.
"We believe that the interest rate path from September will be adjusted down to a bottom of just over 2 percent at the end of 2025," the bank writes in a weekly letter.
SEB also believes that the Riksbank will adjust the interest rate path down, but to a little over 2 percent in the middle of the year. On the other hand, the bank predicts that Erik Thedéen and colleagues will in reality lower it to 2.00 percent already at the March meeting, provided that core inflation follows the forecast.
Nordea instead assesses that the Riksbank will largely maintain its interest rate path, which indicates an interest rate of 2.25 percent in the middle of 2025. The reason is that inflation was higher than expected during the autumn and that the krona lost again, writes the bank's chief analyst Torbjörn Isaksson .
Experts believe in a reduction: "The interest rate path is being adjusted down"
The Riksbank will lower the interest rate by 25 points to 2.50 percent on Thursday, predicts a consensus of analysts. Several major banks then believe in a new reduction in January, according to Infront's compilation.
Swedbank expects the Riksbank to flag further reductions at the beginning of 2025 while waiting for the weak economy to turn around.
"We believe that the interest rate path from September will be adjusted down to a bottom of just over 2 percent at the end of 2025," the bank writes in a weekly letter.
SEB also believes that the Riksbank will adjust the interest rate path down, but to a little over 2 percent in the middle of the year. On the other hand, the bank predicts that Erik Thedéen and colleagues will in reality lower it to 2.00 percent already at the March meeting, provided that core inflation follows the forecast.
Nordea instead assesses that the Riksbank will largely maintain its interest rate path, which indicates an interest rate of 2.25 percent in the middle of 2025. The reason is that inflation was higher than expected during the autumn and that the krona lost again, writes the bank's chief analyst Torbjörn Isaksson .
The climate threat The development of AI
Exxon and Chevron want to make electricity for AI data centers
The American oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron want a share of the pie when the tech giants' energy needs increase, writes CNBC.
Exxon proposes to build a gas plant to produce electricity for data centers, then use carbon capture to make it more climate friendly. CEO Darren Woods gives the boot to plans to use nuclear power.
- If you invest in nuclear power and something about is further ahead, we have a long way to go, he told analysts this week.
Chevron CEO Jeff Gustavson argues that the company is the US's largest producer of natural gas and also has land where data centers can be established.
Exxon and Chevron want to make electricity for AI data centers
The American oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron want a share of the pie when the tech giants' energy needs increase, writes CNBC.
Exxon proposes to build a gas plant to produce electricity for data centers, then use carbon capture to make it more climate friendly. CEO Darren Woods gives the boot to plans to use nuclear power.
- If you invest in nuclear power and something about is further ahead, we have a long way to go, he told analysts this week.
Chevron CEO Jeff Gustavson argues that the company is the US's largest producer of natural gas and also has land where data centers can be established.
The tours around Tiktok
The court rejects Tiktok's appeal - again
The appeals court is rejecting Tiktok's request to stay the decision forcing owner Bytedance to sell the video app's US operations after the New Year, Reuters reports. The company's appeal to the Supreme Court is therefore urgent, writes the news agency.
On Monday, Tiktok requested that the law be paused while the company prepares an appeal to the Supreme Court. But the court says there is no precedent for suspending a sentence after an appeal has already been rejected.
Tiktok states in a statement that it will appeal to the Supreme Court, which has historically "protected Americans' freedom of speech", writes Reuters.
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