In a statement from the bank, management points out that the interest rate needs to be increased further by 0.50 percentage points at the next meeting in March.

The reactions on the financial markets were small.

On Wednesday, the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, Fed, raised the key interest rate by another 25 basis points to a range of 4.50-4.75 percent.

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Hear SVT's economic commentator answer three questions about the FED's latest interest rate announcement.

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