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The risks to financial stability in Sweden are slightly greater than in the spring
20/11/2019 -The slowdown in the global economy has contributed to expectations of continued very low interest rates in the years ahead. In such an environment, market participants may choose to increase their risk-taking, which can cause assets to be...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: Major companies uncertain: Temporary slowdown or prolonged economic downturn?
06/12/2019 -The economy continues to slow down. Although the situation is still considered better than normal, there are increasing signs that the slowdown is continuing. This is the view of the companies that the Riksbank has interviewed during October and...
New reference rate for financial markets
12/12/2019 -In 2020, the Riksbank will start to publish a new reference rate for the very short-est maturity in Swedish kronor.
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 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...
Anna Breman is leaving the Riksbank
24/09/2025 -First Deputy Governor Anna Breman has informed the General Council that she has been appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Ms Breman will thus leave her position at the Riksbank on 10 October. The General Council of...