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The Riksbank to offer fourth loan in US dollars on Thursday 23 April
21/04/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 19 March to offer loans to banks in US dollars (USD) against collateral. Three auctions have taken place, on 26 March, 2 April and 16 April. The fourth auction is for USD 10 billion with a maturity of 3 months and will be...
Continued purchases of municipal bonds
15/05/2020 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has today decided that the Riksbank will purchase municipal bonds for SEK 15 billion between 1 July and 30 September. The municipal bond purchases are part of the Riksbank’s earlier announced programme for...
BIS to establish Innovation Hub Centre in Stockholm
30/06/2020 -The Bank for International Settlements, BIS, announced today to establish a BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Stockholm in collaboration with the central banks in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic Innovation Centre will work to deepen...
Riksbank to begin purchasing corporate bonds in September
01/09/2020 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to initiate purchases of corporate bonds in the week beginning 14 September 2020. The purchases will keep companies’ funding costs down and reinforce the Riksbank’s capacity to act if the credit...
Riksbank’s USD loans extended
15/09/2020 -The Riksbank has decided, for monetary policy purposes, to continue offering its monetary policy counterparties loans in US dollars against collateral up to and in-cluding 31 March 2021.
Repo rate raised to 0.25 per cent
28/04/2022 -Inflation has risen to the highest level since the 1990s and will be high for some time. To counteract the high inflation from becoming entrenched in price and wage-setting, the Executive Board has decided to raise the repo rate from zero to...
The threats to financial stability have increased
24/05/2022 -Inflation has risen rapidly in many countries, which is partly due to the aftermath of the pandemic in the form of disruptions in global supply chains and rising energy and commodity prices. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and lockdowns in China...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: Costs accelerating, economy slowing down
02/11/2022 -Economic activity remains good. But there are now more and more signs that demand is beginning to decline. This is reported by the major Swedish companies in the Riksbank's Business Survey. Companies' costs have continued to increase and prices...
Challenges to financial stability
09/11/2022 -Inflation is high and the central banks have therefore tightened monetary policy swiftly. One important reason for the strong rise in inflation is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has also caused major disturbances in the energy market in...
Riksbank exchanges EU payment
01/02/2023 -Sweden's EU membership entails monthly contributions to the EU's budget. These payments are made in Swedish kronor by the Swedish government and exchanged into euro in the foreign exchange market by a recipient central bank within the EU. The...