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Political decisions needed urgently so that everyone can pay
27/10/2023 -Strengthen the position of cash in legislation, prepare the legislation for an e-krona and increase financial and digital inclusion. This is according to the consultation response that the Riksbank is submitting today to the Payment Inquiry’s...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 22 November 2023
04/12/2023 -Monetary policy has reduced demand in the Swedish economy and contributed to an easing of inflationary pressures. The Executive Board assesses that monetary policy needs to remain contractionary, however, it is now appropriate to leave the...
The Riksbank offers central counterparties deposit and lending facilities
26/10/2023 -The Riksbank has decided to offer central counterparties (CCPs) that clear in Swedish kronor and are participants in the RIX-RTGS system the opportunity to borrow money overnight from the Riksbank. Access to such a lending facility will enable...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 20 September 2023
02/10/2023 -For inflation to fall back and stabilise around the target of 2 per cent within a reasonable time, the Executive Board decided at their monetary policy meeting on 20 September to raise the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4 per cent. The...
General Council has decided on the allocation of the Riksbank’s profit
19/02/2024 -The General Council of the Riksbank has, in accordance with the Sveriges Riksbank Act, decided on the allocation of the Riksbank's profit for the financial year 2023. The Riksbank reports a profit of SEK 16,191 million for 2023. However, the...
The Riksbank’s measures programme and low interest rate support the recovery
22/09/2020 -The Swedish economy has now begun to recover after having fallen sharply in the spring. But the way back is long and fraught with uncertainty. To provide support to economic developments and help inflation to rise towards the target, the Riksbank...
Continued elevated risks to financial stability
11/11/2020 -The support measures implemented by governments, central banks and other authorities, both in Sweden and abroad, have ensured that the Swedish financial system has so far coped with the challenges of the pandemic relatively well. However, the...
Riksbank initiates corporate bond purchases via auctions and increases transparency
17/11/2020 -The Riksbank's purchases of corporate bonds have so far been made through a bilateral purchase procedure. On 2 December, the Riksbank will also begin purchasing corporate bonds via auctions. This means that the Riksbank's continued purchases will...
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 21 September 2020
01/10/2020 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 21 September, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent. The Riksbank’s zero policy rate and extensive programme of measures are providing continued support to...