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SWESTR can be used as the reference rate for financial contracts from 2 September
31/08/2021 -As of 2 September 2021, the Riksbank's transaction-based reference rate, SWESTR, can be used in financial contracts. The test period for SWESTR has thus ended. On Thursday 2 September at 11.00, a digital press conference will be held with Deputy...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 24 November
06/12/2021 -Monetary policy needs to give continued support to the economy for inflation to be close to the inflation target in the slightly longer term. At its monetary policy meeting on 24 November, the Executive Board of the Riksbank therefore decided to...
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...
Anna Breman new Deputy Governor of the Riksbank
08/11/2019 -The General Council of the Riksbank today decided to appoint Anna Breman new member of the Executive Board of the Riksbank. Breman replaces Kerstin af Jochnick, who left the Riksbank in October 2019 to work at the ECB. The General Council also...
Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies
21/01/2020 -The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have created a group to share experience as they...
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...
The Riksbank transfers SEK 5.3 billion to the Treasury
17/02/2020 -The General Council of the Riksbank proposes in the Annual Report for 2019 that SEK 5.3 billion of the Riksbank's profits shall be transferred to the Treasury.
Riksbank establishes cash depots
31/01/2022 -On 28 January, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to establish depots at various locations in Sweden for storage as well as delivery and receipt of banknotes to and from banks. The plan is to open at least five depots, which will be...
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...
Repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent, bond purchases according to plan
14/01/2018 -Economic activity is strong and inflation is approaching 2 per cent. The Riksbank’s monetary policy has contributed to this. But it has taken time to bring up inflation and a continued expansionary monetary policy is required for it to stabilise...