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Inflation falling but still far too high Monetary policy June 2023 Monetary policy June 2023 • Policy rate raised by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75 per cent • The forecast is for the rate to be increased at least one more time this year •

Slides from the press conferense 21 September 2023

Inflationary pressures are too high – rate raised to regain purchasing power Monetary policy September 2023 Monetary policy September 2023 • Policy rate raised by 0.25 percentage points to 4.0 per cent • The rate may need to be raised

Strong economic activity but subdued wage increases, article in Monetary Policy Report July 2017

MONETARY POLICY REPORT JULY 2017  29  Moderate wage increases in the coming years  Wage development affects household income and corporate  costs, and thereby inflation and monetary policy. Historically,  the covariation between wage increases and

The Riksbank’s strategy for a gradual normalisation of monetary policy, article in Monetary Policy Report, December 2017

14  MONETARY POLICY REPORT DECEMBER 2017    Monetary policy expected to become less expansionary in  future  Since February 2015, the Riksbank has cut the repo rate from  zero to −0.50 per cent, carried out extensive purchases of  government 

Small effects on production and inflation of the summer's drought and forest fires, article in Monetary Policy Report, September 2018

    MONETARY POLICY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2018  23      Major forest fires, but limited impact on GDP   There have been major forest fires in Gävleborg, Jämtland  and Dalarna Counties during the summer. Approximately  25,000 hectares of forest, 

What usually happens when the repo rate is raised, article in Monetary Policy Report, October 2018

20  MONETARY POLICY REPORT OCTOBER 2018    Monetary policy affects the financial conditions in Sweden  The financial conditions are a summary of the state of the  financial markets and the interest rates and conditions met  by households and 

World trade in constant change, article in Monetary Policy Report, October 2019

34 MONETARY POLICY REPORT OCTOBER 2019 Freer world trade over the last thirty years Over the last thirty years, world trade has been of growing significance for the global economy. Global exports and imports have grown as a proportion of

Are those on short-term work schemes unemployed, article in Monetary Policy Report, April 2020

38 MONETARY POLICY REPORT APRIL 2020 The Riksbank and the Swedish Government, together with other authorities, have implemented measures to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the Swedish economy.13 Many measures are aimed

Economic development according to two alternative scenarios, article in Monetary Policy Report, July 2020

38 MONETARY POLICY REPORT JULY 2020 In its Monetary Policy Report in April, the Riksbank presented two scenarios, two conceivable paths that the economy could take. One scenario assumed that the spread of the infection is decreasing and