Alle økonomer venter uendret rente torsdag, men flere tror på renteheving enten i august eller september.
Olav Chen i Storebrand mener inflasjonsankeret har løsnet og at Norges Bank «gjør alt» for å feste det igjen.
Oddmund Berg i DNB Carnegie sier komiteen fremstår annerledes etter mars-snuoperasjonen og at «det er vanskelig å vite hvor man har dem».
Olav Chen i Storebrand venter uendret rente nå, etter at Norges Bank satt opp styringsrenten fra 4 til 4,25 prosent i mai.
Men han venter at det kommer en renteøkning til, enten i august eller september.
– Det viktigste når det gjelder snuoperasjonen i mars er inflasjonsankeret, altså forventningene.
Chen viser til at forventningene til hva prisveksten skal bli, betyr mye for hva den faktisk blir. Norges Banks mål er to prosent.
– Hvem er det som legger til grunn to prosent når de budsjetterer nå? Det er nesten ingen, tror jeg.
– Da er det fare på ferde, sier Chen.
Renterådet
I forkant av rentemøter gir E24s renteråd sin vurdering av norsk økonomi og sine tanker om hvor renten vil gå fremover.
Panelet består av leder for allokering og globale renter i Storebrand Asset Management, Olav Chen, sjeføkonom i Eika, Jan Ludvig Andreassen, seniorøkonom i DNB Carnegie, Oddmund Berg, sjefstrateg i SEB, Erica Dalstø og makroøkonom Karine Alsvik Nelson i Handelsbanken.
Økonomenes forventninger er samstemte før Norges Banks rentebeslutning torsdag.
Alle økonomene som har blitt spurt i en Bloomberg-undersøkelse venter at det blir uendret rente denne gangen.
– Gjør alt
Krigen i Midtøsten, der USA og Iran har meldt at de nå har kommet til en avtale , har hatt lite å si for Norges Banks vurderinger, tror Chen.
– Effekten av krigen er midlertidig, via oljeprisen. Ikke en lønns- og prisspiral som sentralbankene frykter.
– Jeg tror ikke oljeprisen og Hormuzstredet har så mye å si for Norges Bank. Det er inflasjonsankeret som har løsnet, og som Norges Bank nå gjør alt for å feste igjen, sier han.
– Bør holde seg i ro
– Vi tror Norges Bank legger opp til at det kommer en renteheving til, sier sjefstrateg Erica Dalstø i SEB.
Også Dalstø venter at det vil skje enten i august eller september.
Sjefstrateg Erica Dalstø i SEB. Foto: Skjalg Bøhmer Vold – De bør selvfølgelig holde seg i ro, så lenge det er krig, sier sjeføkonom Jan L. Andreassen i Eika Gruppen.
– Så tror jeg at vi undervurderer at en styringsrente på 4,25 prosent faktisk er stram. Over tid kommer den til å trekke den økonomiske veksten ned. Neste endring blir et kutt neste år. Alt avhenger av kronekursen, finanspolitikk , krig og fred, sier han.
VANT RENTE-VEDDEMÅL: Olav Chen har veddet mot og vunnet vin av sjeføkonom Jan Ludvig Andreassen. Foto: Skjalg Bøhmer Vold Makroøkonom Karine Alsvik Nelson i Handelsbanken trekker frem at rentemarkedet priser inn bare en liten sannsynlighet for en renteheving torsdag, på under ti prosent.
– Vi tror det er nærmere en «close call» enn det markedet priser inn, sier hun.
Nelson påpeker at prisveksten forrige måned ikke var veldig langt over det Norges Bank ventet, men likevel godt over inflasjonsmålet på to prosent .
– Vi tror Norges Bank kommer til å signalisere et ganske tydelig behov for videre innstramming, sier hun.
– Vanskelig å vite
– Det jeg synes gjør dette veldig spennende, er at det i mars var en fullstendig overkjøring av rentebanen , og en komité som fremstår helt annerledes. De tror ikke på modellene sine lenger, sier seniorøkonom Oddmund Berg i DNB Carnegie.
Han viser til sentralbankens u-sving i rentebudskapet tilbake i mars, da banken gikk fra å varsle rentekutt til rentehevinger.
– Det er vanskelig å vite hvor man har dem, og hvor dårlig tid de oppfatter at de har, sier Berg.
Seniorøkonom Oddmund Berg i DNB Carnegie. Foto: Skjalg Bøhmer Vold Norges Bank snudde etter høye inflasjonstall. De siste tallene viser en f ortsatt gjenstridig høy prisvekst , fortsatt høyt over målet på to prosent, og også et lite knepp over det sentralbanken hadde lagt til grunn.
– All den tid det er inflasjon som er det viktigste, er det lett for dem å begrunne en renteheving nå også, sier Berg.
– Når man er i en situasjon der man kan begrunne begge deler helt fint, og vi ikke føler at vi vet helt hvor vi har komiteen, så føles det helt åpent.
– Norsk økonomi er svært lønnsom
Debatten har gått om prisveksten skyldes forhold internasjonalt, utenfor Norges Banks kontroll, eller innenlandske faktorer.
Etter forrige rentemøte i mai forsvarte sentralbanksjef Ida Wolden Bache rentehevingen . Forskningen har vist at høyere rente demper inflasjonen, og Norges Bank må holde sitt løfte om å nå inflasjonsmålet for å bevare troverdigheten, ifølge Bache.
Berg i DNB Carnegie fremholder at høy lønnsvekst har fyrt opp prisveksten.
– Det er lønnsoppgjørene. Norsk økonomi er svært lønnsom, særlig eksportsektoren. Noe av det er på grunn av kronen, og noe av det er også fordi vi driver med ting som er ganske attraktive nå, som forsvarsindustri.
– Da er det ikke så lett å si at man skal tro på lav lønnsomhetsutvik…
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