Breakdown of Banken försöker stabilisera ekonomin, och därmed räntan.
och
and
försöka
to try
banken
the bank
ekonomin
the economy
räntan
the interest rate
därmed
thereby
stabilisera
to stabilize
Questions & Answers about Banken försöker stabilisera ekonomin, och därmed räntan.
How exactly does därmed work in this sentence compared to således or följaktligen?
Därmed translates best to "thereby" or "with that" in this context. It shows that stabilizing the interest rate is a direct, almost mechanical consequence of stabilizing the economy. While you could technically use således or följaktligen (thus/consequently), därmed feels much more natural here because it focuses on the action "by means of this" rather than just stating a logical deduction.
Why do we need the word och before därmed? Couldn't we just write ekonomin, därmed räntan?
You need the conjunction och (and) because därmed is an adverb, not a joining word. To connect the two noun phrases (ekonomin and räntan) as the targets of the verb stabilisera, you must link them with a true conjunction like och.
Is it grammatically complete to just end with och därmed räntan without a verb?
Yes! This is a very common shortcut in Swedish, just like in English. Instead of repeating the verb and writing och därmed stabilisera räntan, you can just attach the second object. The verb stabilisera is automatically understood to apply to räntan as well.
Räntan translates to "the interest rate" here. Is this the same word used for "interest" in a hobby?
No, en ränta strictly refers to financial interest, such as on a mortgage or savings account. If you want to talk about personal interests or hobbies, you must use the word ett intresse.
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