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Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026
03/10/2025 -The Riksbank and representatives from the payment market have today reached an agreement to increase the possibility to make offline card payments for essential goods. The agreement is an important step in the work to strengthen Sweden's payment...
Nordic Baltic Crisis Simulation Exercise, 2024
20/09/2024 -To test the preparedness for a potential crisis situation, authorities from the Nordic-Baltic countries responsible for financial stability during this week conducted a financial crisis simulation exercise in the Nordic-Baltic region, involving...
Policy rate cut by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75 per cent
07/11/2024 -To provide further support to the economy and help inflation stabilise at the target, the Executive Board has decided to cut the policy rate by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75 per cent. If the outlook for economic activity and inflation remains...
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 6 November 2024
13/11/2024 -The Executive Board decided to cut the policy rate by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75 per cent at its monetary policy meeting on 6 November 2024. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the...
Henrik Braconier new Head of the Financial Stability Department
14/01/2018 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Henrik Braconier as new Head of the Financial Stability Department. Henrik Braconier is currently Chief Economist at Finansinspektionen (the Swedish financial supervisory authority). He will take...
Repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent − bond purchases according to plan
14/01/2018 -Economic activity is strong and inflation is close to the target of 2 per cent. Monetary policy needs to remain expansionary for inflation to continue to be close to 2 per cent. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 25 October 2017
17/01/2018 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 25 October 2017, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent. The first rate increase is expected to be made in the middle of 2018, which is the same assessment...
Riksbank exchanges EU payment
31/01/2018 -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.
Martin Flodén’s mandate extended a further six years
16/02/2018 -The General Council of the Riksbank decided at its meeting on 16 February to extend Deputy Governor Martin Flodén’s mandate as member of the Executive Board for a further six years, with effect from 22 May 2018. Martin Flodén’s mandate will...
Open day at the Riksbank, 22 September
14/09/2018 -On Saturday, 22 September 2018, the world’s oldest central bank, the Riksbank is celebrating its 350th birthday and opening the doors of its head office in Stockholm to the general public.