
- Sweden's CPIF inflation excluding energy slowed to an annual 0.1% in October from 0.5% in September, per a preliminary Statistics Sweden release.
- The slowdown is the weakest core inflation pace in six months and unexpectedly undercuts the case for further Riksbank rate hikes in the near term.
- Most analysts viewed the price development as largely temporary.
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“The CPIF inflation rate excluding energy slowed to an annual 0.1% in October from 0.5% in September”