Swedish central bank Deputy Governor Per Jansson weighed the need for a bigger hike than the half-percentage point raise adopted by rate-setters at the Riksbank's most recent meeting in April, he said on Friday.
Sweden's central bank will have only five rate-setters from June, the General Council overseeing the Riksbank said on Friday after it decided not to replace Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson, who is stepping down.
The recent uptick in inflation is seen as mostly temporary and there is no urgent need to tighten monetary policy, the minutes of the most recent policy meeting of Sweden's central bank, published on Monday, showed.
Sweden's central bank left policy unchanged on Thursday, arguing that currently above-target inflation would ease back next year and pencilling in its first rate hike since the COVID-19 pandemic struck for the end of 2024.
A great central bank exit from the extraordinary stimulus unleashed to keep economies afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic is underway, with the United States and Australia this week moving away from hefty policy support.