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The Riksbank’s measures programme and low interest rate support the recovery
22/09/2020 -The Swedish economy has now begun to recover after having fallen sharply in the spring. But the way back is long and fraught with uncertainty. To provide support to economic developments and help inflation to rise towards the target, the Riksbank...
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.
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...
Swap agreement with Federal Reserve extended
05/08/2020 -Today the Riksbank has decided to extend the temporary swap agreement entered into with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on 19 March 2020.
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...
SEK 5.5 billion in invalid banknotes – redeem them before the fee is raised
25/06/2020 -It is now three years since the banknote and coin changeover was completed, but there are still invalid banknotes missing to a value of SEK 5.5 billion. These are banknotes that became invalid during the changeover in 2015-2017. Take the...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “The whole of society is on hold”
25/05/2020 -The corona pandemic has meant that large parts of the business sector have experi-enced very rapid and severe falls in demand. In some sectors, companies are fighting for their survival, whereas other sectors have instead seen a tangible increase...
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...
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...
Monetary policy April 2020: The Riksbank is supporting an economy in crisis
28/04/2020 -The corona pandemic is hitting the world hard and restrictions to reduce the spread of infection are leading to widespread economic consequences. In recent weeks, the Executive Board of the Riksbank has taken decisions on a large number of...