This is the 12171st most frequent Swedish word.
räntehöjning
Interest rate increase.
Here, 'räntehöjning' is used as a noun meaning an increase in interest rates as an economic measure.
Riksbanken meddelade en ny räntehöjning för att motverka inflationen.
The central bank announced a new interest rate hike to counteract inflation.
In this sentence, 'räntehöjning' refers to the outcome of applying higher interest rates and its impact.
Effekten av räntehöjningen märks tydligt på bostadsmarknaden.
The effect of the interest rate hike is noticeable in the housing market.
Here, 'räntehöjning' is used to describe prospective interest rate increases that concern borrowers.