Swedish c.bank holds key rate at 4.00%, points to cuts ahead

Sweden's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 4.00% on Thursday as expected and said it might be able to ease policy sooner than was indicated in the November forecast.

"The possibility of the policy rate being cut during the first half of the year cannot be ruled out," it said in a statement.

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