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European gold agreement will not be renewed
26/07/2019 -The European Central Bank (ECB) and 21 other European central banks, including the Riksbank, have jointly decided not to renew the Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA) upon its expiry in September 2019. The first agreement was signed in 1999 to...
Riksbank simplifies operational framework
01/10/2019 -The Riksbank is making the operational framework for the implementation of monetary policy simpler and more flexible. This change will be implemented in two stages, starting 9 October 2019. The changes will not affect the Riksbank’s decisions on...
Repo rate unchanged at −0.25 per cent
24/10/2019 -After several years of strong economic activity and inflation close to the target of 2 per cent, the Swedish economy is slowing down and the economic conditions are becoming more normal. In recent months, inflation has indeed fallen back, but...
The Riksbank would like the BIS to establish an innovation hub in Sweden
23/01/2020 -The Bank for International Settlements, BIS, has recently begun to establish innovation hubs in a few countries to work at an in-depth level on analysing technological financial innovation. The Riksbank intends to present its candidacy for the...
The Riksbank to offer second loan in US dollars on Thursday 2 April
31/03/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 19 March to offer loans to banks in US dollars (USD) against collateral. A first auction took place on 26 March. A second auction of USD 10 billion with a maturity of 3 months will now be held on Thursday 2 April,...
Onward lending to companies extended to sole proprietors
06/04/2020 -The Riksbank is to offer further loan opportunities within the scope of its programme for corporate loans. At the same time, the programme is being extended to include onward lending to sole proprietors. The aim is to maintain credit supply to...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 16 April 2020
17/04/2020 -In light of the effects of the coronavirus on the financial markets, representatives of the Government, Finansinspektionen (the financial supervisory authority), the Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 16 April.
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 27 April 2020
11/05/2020 -At the monetary policy meeting on 27 April 2020, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided on continued purchases of government and mortgage bonds up to the end of September 2020 and to leave the repo rate unchanged at zero percent.
Slowdown in foreign trade worrying for Swedish economy
22/05/2020 -Global trade has increased rapidly since the early 1990s, thanks to technological developments and increasingly liberal trade regulations. But, after the great recession of 2008–2009, this development has come to a halt. A return to a global...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 5 June 2020
12/06/2020 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 5 June to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...