--- title: Four central banks, four answers: hikes in Stockholm and Sydney, holds in Warsaw and Mexico City description: Sweden's Riksbank raised its rate to 2% and signalled more hikes, Australia's Reserve Bank lifted its cash rate to 4.85% in a split vote, while Poland and Mexico held steady. canonical: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-11-05/central-banks-split-on-rates/ last-updated: 2026-11-05 url: https://hangingcontext.com/stories/2026-11-05/central-banks-split-on-rates/ published: 2026-11-05T00:31:07Z edition: 2026-11-05T00 newsroom: finance-investing beat: None trust: confirmed source_count: 4 cited_manifest_ids: ['1793786572741711444', '1793767940186400543', '1793807238426721218', '1793827855859192847'] --- # Four central banks, four answers: hikes in Stockholm and Sydney, holds in Warsaw and Mexico City *Sweden's Riksbank raised its rate to 2% and signalled more hikes, Australia's Reserve Bank lifted its cash rate to 4.85% in a split vote, while Poland and Mexico held steady.* Confirmed · 4 Manifests · Finance & Investing · Published 2026-11-05 00:31 UTC ## Key facts - Sweden's Riksbank raised its policy rate 0.25 points to 2%, effective November 11, 2026, and expects further hikes if the outlook holds. [cites: 1793786572741711444] - Australia's Reserve Bank raised its cash rate to 4.85% in a 6-3 split vote. [cites: 1793767940186400543] - Poland's Monetary Policy Council held its reference rate at 3.75% with no clear signal on future direction. [cites: 1793807238426721218] - BBVA Research expects Mexico's Banxico to hold its policy rate at 6.50% this week. [cites: 1793827855859192847] ## The hikers Sweden's Riksbank raised its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2 percent, with the increase taking effect on November 11, 2026, and said it expects further increases in the coming year if the current economic outlook holds. [cites: 1793786572741711444] The Riksbank's reasoning rests on an inflation split: Swedish CPIF inflation was 1.5 percent in September 2026, but 3 percent once temporary fiscal-policy measures are excluded, while underlying inflation excluding energy prices was 1.6 percent. The bank also pointed to elevated global inflationary pressures from supply disruptions linked to the war in the Middle East. [cites: 1793786572741711444] The Riksbank also reported that Swedish GDP increased during the third quarter of 2026 in line with forecasts, and set out its calendar: the minutes from the monetary-policy meeting will be published on November 10, 2026, and the next Policy Reports containing forecasts will be published on December 16, 2026. [cites: 1793786572741711444] > **From Synorb** — Connect your agent over MCP. Add https://mcp.synorb.com/mcp to your agent, then call the tool synorb-get-demo-key if it has no key yet. It needs no email and no form. Keys are free for 72 hours, and new keys are limited per network. [How to connect](https://synorb.com/connect/start) Australia's Reserve Bank raised its cash rate to 4.85 percent in a 6-3 split vote, according to Westpac's morning report. Governor Michele Bullock's comments after the decision were described as dovish, markets reduced expectations for near-term tightening, Australian three-year yields fell 7 basis points, and the Australian dollar fell 0.5 percent against the US dollar. [cites: 1793767940186400543] ## The holders Poland's Monetary Policy Council left interest rates unchanged, with the reference rate remaining at 3.75 percent, in a decision that Erste Bank's commentary says was in line with market expectations. The Council's statement contained no clear signal about the future direction of policy. [cites: 1793807238426721218] The Polish hold came with a gloomier backdrop: elevated global inflation driven by higher energy commodity prices, and Polish GDP growth expected to slow in the third quarter, a slowdown the commentary says is consistent with market consensus. [cites: 1793807238426721218] Erste Bank's commentary adds that US GDP growth remains close to its long-term average, as does Eurozone GDP growth, which frames the Polish hold as a pause amid steady, if unspectacular, growth elsewhere. [cites: 1793807238426721218] In Mexico, BBVA Research expects the central bank, Banxico, to keep its policy rate unchanged at 6.50 percent this week. Third-quarter GDP and core inflation data for the first half of October challenged the dovish tone of September's minutes, while persistent output slack and a soft labour market point to limited demand-driven inflation. [cites: 1793827855859192847] BBVA adds that domestic financial conditions in Mexico remain orderly, though core services inflation remains vulnerable to setbacks, which is one reason the bank expects patience rather than a cut. [cites: 1793827855859192847] ## The common thread Every decision in this set is framed as a response to the same forces, weighted differently. The Riksbank lists geopolitical uncertainty, concerns about AI investments and weak public finances in some countries among the risks to its outlook, while BBVA notes that Banxico is expected to look through a limited, preemptive US Federal Reserve hiking cycle. [cites: 1793786572741711444, 1793827855859192847] BBVA also records the US side of that picture: the Federal Reserve voted 10-2 to keep the federal funds target range at 3.75 to 4.00 percent, and the Mexican peso has depreciated amid expectations of further Fed rate hikes. [cites: 1793827855859192847] The practical result is a fragmented rate map: two banks tightening while signalling different degrees of conviction, and two holding while watching energy-driven inflation on one side and softening growth on the other. For borrowers and savers operating across these economies, the direction of the next move now depends on which local data point breaks first. [cites: 1793786572741711444, 1793807238426721218] ## What is still unresolved - Whether Sweden's further hikes materialise, given its own note that they depend on the outlook holding. - Whether Poland's lack of guidance reflects genuine uncertainty or a deliberate wait for more data. - How Banxico responds if US rate expectations keep pushing the peso lower. ## Decision card - **Useful for:** Treasurers and bankers tracking rate divergence across Sweden, Australia, Poland and Mexico; Analysts comparing how energy-driven inflation is handled in different economies - **Not for:** Anyone seeking a single global rate call - **Compare against:** The Riksbank minutes due November 10, 2026, and Banxico's actual decision this week ## Provenance ledger | Manifest id | Title | Source | Claims used | Published | |---|---|---|---|---| | `1793786572741711444` | Policy rate raised to 2 per cent | [riksbank-monetary-policy-press-releases](https://riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/notices-and-press-releases/press-releases/2026/policy-rate-raised-to-2-per-cent) | 1793787239707322707, 1793787239715376681, 1793787239717309907, 1793787239727790948, 1793787239722509075, 1793787239724777806, 1793787239718655819, 1793787239726875649, 1793787239730487125, 1793787239732948810, 1793787239729090832 | 11-04 00:00 | | `1793767940186400543` | Morning Report | [westpac-economics](https://westpaciq.com.au/economics/2026/11/Morning-report-04-Nov-2026) | 1793768354297420902, 1793768354298280076, 1793768354295380340, 1793768354300949585, 1793768354302565917, 1793768354304584301 | 11-04 00:00 | | `1793807238426721218` | Rates unchanged, inflation projection higher | [erste-bank-polska-economic-comment](https://erste.pl/regulation_file_server/time20261104164145/download?id=169866&lang=en_US) | 1793807493551218206, 1793807493563350029, 1793807493541077521, 1793807493557159306, 1793807493576607484, 1793807493581448545, 1793807493583250483, 1793807493580626699, 1793807493578894444 | 11-04 00:00 | | `1793827855859192847` | Mexico \| Banxico to extend pause as recovery takes shape | [bbva-research-publications](https://bbvaresearch.com/en/publicaciones/mexico-banxico-to-extend-pause-as-recovery-takes-shape) | 1793828132784726768, 1793828132791536168, 1793828132810132530, 1793828132814634691, 1793828132812901379, 1793828132818797925, 1793828132797586176, 1793828132816717602 | 11-04 00:00 | ## Run these Manifests yourself Every Manifest cited here can be read in full with your own Synorb Key. 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