Economics professor John Hassler tells TV4 that the interest rate could have been a quarter of a percent lower if the government did not pay out the electricity subsidy. He believes that it is possible that this rate increase will hit many worse than the electricity price increase.

Erik Théeden says that John Hassler is right in a purely economic sense and that if the conditions had been equal, the interest rate would also have been slightly lower without the electricity subsidy. But the Riksbank has nevertheless chosen not to criticize the electricity subsidy.

"The extreme electricity price shock to which some households have been subjected is severely tightening. It seems reasonable to me to compensate them, says Erik Théeden.

Both the Riksbank and Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson have stated that the government should be wary of large general economic subsidies that increase households' purchasing power and increase inflation. However, Erik Théeden does not believe that the 56 billion in electricity support was a general support as the electricity price shock hit different households very differently.