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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 9 February 2021
19/02/2021 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 9 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent. To provide support to the recovery and inflation, the Riksbank is also continuing to purchase assets...
The Riksbank to continue to offer dollar loans and to support banks’ corporate lending
10/03/2021 -It is important for the Riksbank to maintain preparedness to manage any deterioration in credit supply which could hamper the recovery of the Swedish economy. The Executive Board has therefore decided today that the Riksbank shall continue to...
Design of the Riksbank’s new reference rate decided
18/11/2020 -The Riksbank is to begin publishing a transaction-based reference rate for the shortest maturity in SEK. The Executive Board has now decided on the design for the new reference rate, after completing a consultation process. In January 2021, the...
Scandinavian central banks in new cooperation
12/11/2020 -The central banks of Denmark, Norway and Sweden have entered into a new agreement regarding principles for central bank currency swap facilities to strengthen contingency for crisis situations and promote financial stability in the region.
Challenges to financial stability
09/11/2022 -Inflation is high and the central banks have therefore tightened monetary policy swiftly. One important reason for the strong rise in inflation is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has also caused major disturbances in the energy market in...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: Price increases continuing, but discounts increasingly common
16/03/2023 -The economic situation has continued to weaken, but it has not become as bad as was feared last autumn. This is reported by the major Swedish companies in the Riksbank's Business Survey. Companies' costs are continuing to rise, but some costs are...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “No green shoots visible yet"
08/03/2024 -Economic activity is continuing to weaken and now large parts of the export industry are also starting to experience lower demand. While companies see few signs of an imminent turnaround, they are increasingly hopeful that the economic situation...
Erik Thedéen new Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
13/05/2024 -Governor of the Riksbank Erik Thedéen has been appointed as the new Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). The BCBS is the primary global standard-setter for the regulation of banks and provides a forum for cooperation on...
Policy rate raised by 0.25 percentage points to 4 per cent
21/09/2023 -The Riksbank’s rate increases and the falling energy prices have contributed to inflation beginning to fall. Developments are thus going in the right direction, but inflationary pressures in the Swedish economy are still too high. For inflation...