Monetary policy report, December 2017
The strong economic activity has contributed to inflation being close to 2 per cent for a period of time. Monetary policy needs to remain expansionary for inflation to continue to be close to the target. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent and is expecting, as before, to begin slowly raising the repo rate in the middle of 2018. The Executive Board has also decided to begin reinvesting in January 2018 the bonds that mature in 2019.
Documents
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Press Release: Repo rate unchanged at –0.50 per cent, reinvestment of redemptions brought forward
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Monetary Policy Report December 2017
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Slides, Monetary Policy Report December 2017
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Numerical data, Monetary Policy Report December 2017
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Annex B to the minutes 19 December 2017
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Staff memo: Labour supply has increased surprisingly rapidly
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Staff memo: How are household cashflows and consumption affected by higher interest rates?
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How are households affected by rising interest rates? Article in Monetary Policy Report, December 2017
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The Riksbank’s strategy for a gradual normalisation of monetary policy, article in Monetary Policy Report, December 2017
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