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Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 25 November 2020
07/12/2020 -At the monetary policy meeting on 25 November, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to expand and extend the asset purchase programme from SEK 500 billion up to SEK 700 billion up until 31 December 2021 and to hold the repo rate unchanged...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 30 June 2021
12/07/2021 -At the monetary policy meeting on 30 June, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent and it is expected to remain at this level over the coming three-year period. The Executive Board also...
Pandemic accelerating digitalisation of the payment market
03/11/2021 -Developments on the payment market are very rapid and have been given an extra boost by the pandemic. Sweden has long stood out as a country with low cash usage and high use of cards and digital payment solutions, but now the trend is also...
Self-financing of foreign exchange reserves to be completed earlier
03/02/2022 -As of 7 February, the Riksbank is increasing the rate of purchases of foreign cur-rency aimed at replacing the external financing of the foreign exchange reserves. The purchases will be completed by 31 December 2022, instead of 31 December 2023.
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 9 February 2022
21/02/2022 -Monetary policy needs to give continued support for inflation to be close to the inflation target in the medium term. At its monetary policy meeting on 9 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank therefore decided to keep the repo rate...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 23 November 2022
05/12/2022 -To bring down inflation and safeguard the inflation target, the Executive Board decided to raise the policy rate by 0.75 percentage points to 2.50 per cent at the monetary policy meeting on 23 November. Inflation is still far too high and...
Increasingly easy to pay for most people – but for some it has become more difficult
15/12/2022 -Most people pay digitally in Sweden today and as a result there are fewer and fewer people who use cash. However, those who do not have access to digital forms of payment have difficulties in paying bills or in redeeming payouts of pensions, for...
Riksbank rents office premises in Stockholm
16/02/2023 -The Riksbank building on Brunkebergstorg was completed in 1976 and now needs to undergo extensive renovation and modernisation. To facilitate the renovation work and avoid disruptions to its operations, the Riksbank is renting office premises...
Riksbank decides on long-term holding of government bonds of SEK 20 billion
07/11/2024 -As part of normalising its balance sheet, the Riksbank has been selling Swedish government bonds since April 2023. The holding of Swedish nominal government bonds has thereby decreased from about SEK 350 billion to just below SEK 170 billion at...
Stability risks have declined in the short term but there is large uncertainty abroad
14/11/2024 -Several central banks are continuing to cut their policy rates. At the same time, asset and credit markets have performed strongly and risk premiums have continued to fall. This has eased the burden on the most indebted actors in the economy and...