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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...
The Riksbank raises the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points and increases the pace of government bond sales
29/06/2023 -Inflation is falling but is still far too high. New information, such as service prices rising unexpectedly rapidly and a weaker krona, indicates that inflation is declining more slowly than expected. The Riksbank’s policy rate increases are...
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...
Riksbank to buy commercial paper for SEK 32 billion – next purchase 8 April
03/04/2020 -The coronavirus pandemic has led to liquidity problems on the financial markets, both in Sweden and abroad. Several companies report that they are having difficulties in refinancing their loans and several larger manufacturing companies are...
The Riksbank to buy municipal bonds
22/04/2020 -As a next step in the Riksbank’s bond-purchasing programme, the Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided at an extraordinary monetary policy meeting to purchase bonds issued by Swedish municipalities and regions and by Kommuninvest i...
Riksbank continues purchases of government and mortgage bonds
27/03/2020 -Next week, the Riksbank intends to purchase covered bonds (largely so-called mortgage bonds) for SEK 20 billion. In addition, the Executive Board has decided that further purchases of government and mortgage bonds totalling SEK 35 billion will...
Loans in US dollars every second Thursday from 14 May onwards
05/05/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 19 March to offer loans of up to USD 60 billion to banks against collateral for a period of up to 18 September 2020. Five auctions have taken place, the most recent of which on 30 April. The sixth auction will be held on...
The Riksbank to offer third loan in US dollars on Thursday 16 April
14/04/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 19 March to offer loans to banks in US dollars (USD) against collateral. Two auctions have taken place, on 26 March and 2 April. The third auction is for USD 10 billion with a maturity of 3 months and will be held on...
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...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 19 March 2020
30/03/2020 -On 19 March an extraordinary monetary policy meeting was held as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.