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Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 19 December 2018
09/01/2019 -At the monetary policy meeting on 19 December 2018, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to raise the repo rate by 0.25 percentage points to –0.25 per cent. The forecast for the repo rate indicates that the next rate rise will probably...
Norwegian and Danish krona – new currencies in the foreign exchange reserves
07/11/2018 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided on a new financial risk and invest-ment policy that sets out the general framework for the management of the gold and foreign exchange reserves. The new policy entails, for instance, including...
The Riksbank awarded first prize for best website
28/01/2019 -The Riksbank has picked up first prize as best website of the year among the world’s central banks. The prize is awarded by the Central Banking Journal in the category Best Website of the Year 2019. In particular, the jury highlighted the...
Monetary policy decision: Asset purchases and zero interest rate support the recovery and inflation
27/04/2021 -Despite the spread of the coronavirus having increased again, the Swedish economy has developed relatively well, supported by extensive economic policy measures. The economic outlook is slightly brighter now than it was in February, but 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...
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...
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...