The Riksbank’s tasks

The Riksbank is Sweden’s central bank and an authority under the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. The Riksbank is responsible for monetary policy with the objective to maintain price stability. The bank has also been given the task to promote a safe and efficient payment system.

The Riksbank’s interpretation of price stability is that inflation should be at a low, stable rate. The consumer price index, CPI, should be maintained at around 2 per cent. The Riksbank's main tool for influencing inflation is the repo rate.

The payment system and the supplying of credit play a central role in ensuring the economy functions efficiently. The Riksbank makes regular assessments of risk levels in the major Swedish banks and in the central financial infrastructure.

02/12/2011 Organisation chart of January 2012
22/12/2011 Anders Vredin new head of General Secretariat
02/12/2011 Acting Head of the Monetary Policy Department
02/12/2011 New Deputy Governors at the Riksbank – Kerstin af Jochnick and Per Jansson
10/10/2011 Economics prize 2011
30/09/2011 Annual Report 2010

Asset management

The Riksbank manages assets that the Riksbank should be able to use to implement monetary policy, buy or sell currency on the foreign exchange market and to provide emergency liquidity assistance to banks if needed.