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  • The Riksbank
    • The Riksbank's role in the economy
      • What does a central bank do?
      • What is inflation?
      • What is monetary policy?
      • What does the Riksbank base its interest decisions on?
      • How can the Riksbank steer interest rates?
      • How is a decision on the interest rate made?
      • Can the Riksbank influence employment?
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      • How is the Riksbank governed?
    • The Riksbank’s asset management
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    • History
      • Money and power – the history of Sveriges Riksbank
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      • Important date
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  • Interest & exchange rates
    • Search interest & exchange rates
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      • Exchange rates, silver mark in mark penningar 1291-1540
      • Exchange rates in Sweden 1534-1834
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      • Monthly exchange rates for Sweden 1913–2006
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  • Notes & coins
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    • Notes - general information
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    • Coins - general information
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    • Brochures on notes & coins
    • Rules and Regulations
  • Monetary policy
    • Price stability
      • What is inflation?
      • How is inflation measured?
      • Adoption of the inflation target
      • Why inflation targeting?
      • Current inflation rate
    • Forecasts and interest rate decisions
      • Current forecast for the repo rate, inflation and GDP
      • Previous repo rate decisions
      • How changes in the repo rate affect inflation
      • Repo rate
      • What factors influence an interest rate decision?
      • Voting by the Executive Board on interest rate decisions
      • Communication
      • Decision-making process
    • To steer interest rates
      • How does the Riksbank control interest rates?
    • Statistics
    • Questions and answers
    • Reporting SELMA
  • Financial stability
    • The Riksbank’s role and tasks
      • What is financial stability?
      • How we work
      • The Financial Stability Report
    • The Riksbank’s ongoing stability work
    • The Riksbank’s influence
    • Financial infrastructure
      • Systems in the Swedish infrastructure
      • Retail payments
      • Continuity planning in the Swedish financial infrastructure
    • The Riksbank’s role in crisis management
      • Crisis communication
    • Published about financial stability
      • The Financial Stability Report
      • Recent speeches on financial stability
      • Selected articles from Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
    • Current regulatory changes
    • The RIX payment system
      • Participants
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      • RIX Council
      • Payment statistics in RIX
    • Financial turbulence - the Riksbank's response
      • Terms for loans
      • Outstanding amounts
      • General terms for credit in Swedish kronor
      • General terms and other documet for credit in Swedish kronor with commercial papers as collateral
      • Restricted Monetary Policy Counterparties
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    • Chat
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 16 February 2012
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 20 December 2011
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 27 October 2011
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 7 September 2011
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 5 July 2011
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 20 april 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 15 February 2011
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 15 December 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 26 October 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 2 September 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 1 July 2010
      • Chat with Svante Öberg 20 April 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 11 February 2010
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 16 December 2009
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 22 October 2009
      • Chat with Stefan Ingves 3 September 2009
      • Chat with Barbro Wickman-Parak yesterday 2 July 2009
    • Speeches
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      • Monetary Policy Report
      • Material for assessing monetary policy
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      • The Riksbank's Company Interviews
      • Riksbank studies
      • The Riksbank’s commission of inquiry into risks on the Swedish housing market
    • Articles and boxes
      • Boxes in the Monetary Policy Report
      • Articles in the Financial Stability Report
      • Articles in the Economic Review
      • Articles in the Riksbank’s commission of inquiry into risks on the Swedish housing market
    • Minutes of the Executive Board's monetary policy meetings
    • Consultations
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    • Brochures on notes & coins
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  • Statistics
    • Macro indicators
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    • Assets & liabilities
      • The Riksbank's assets and liabilities, the Weekly Report
      • International Reserve and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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    • Statistics on notes and coins
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    • Links to other authorities
  • Research
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    • Historical Monetary Statistics
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      • Interest and stock returns
      • State loans
      • Historical Monetary and Financial Statistics for Sweden: Exchange Rates, Prices, and Wages, 1277-2008
      • Questions and contact

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