Swedish central bank holds rates at 1.75%

Sweden's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged at 1.75%, citing an increased probability of a rate hike later this year.

​Sweden's ‌central bank ​kept its policy ‌rate unchanged at 1.75% as expected ‌on Wednesday ‌and said the probability that the ⁠rate ​will ⁠be raised later this year ⁠has increased ​in relation to the ⁠assessment in ⁠March.

(Reporting ​by Johan Ahlander, Niklas ⁠Pollard, Anna Ringstrom ⁠in Stockholm ⁠and Louise Rasmussen in ‌Copenhagen; ‌editing by ​Terje Solsvik)