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Interest rate 500% – the krona floats
07/02/2018 -In autumn 1992, the Riksbank raises the interest rate to 500 per cent to defend the krona. This defence fails and the krona exchange rate is floated.
Stefan Ingves becomes Governor of the Riksbank
09/02/2018 -Ingves is Governor when the Executive Board takes the historic decision to cut the repo rate to zero in 2014 and then to introduce a negative interest rate in 2015.
New law gives the Riksbank more independence
07/02/2018 -The Sveriges Riksbank Act is changed to give the Riksbank a more independent role. The bank’s task of maintaining price stability is also confirmed by law. Moreover, the Riksbank shall promote a safe and efficient payment system.
Sweden signs the Maastricht Treaty
07/02/2018 -After the referendum on EU membership, Sweden signs the Maastricht Treaty. One important part of the treaty is that states will commit to giving their central banks an independent status. The central banks shall stand above political influence...
Lars Heikensten becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Heikensten has eight years’ experience of the role of Deputy Governor before he becomes Governor of the Riksbank. During his tenure, he manages interest rate cuts and Sweden’s referendum on the EMU.
Negative repo rate is introduced
09/02/2018 -The increasingly low rate of inflation leads to a series of repo rate cuts. In February 2015, the repo rate becomes negative for the first time. The Riksbank also starts to purchase government bonds to lower interest rates in general across the...
Repo rate cut to 0 per cent
09/02/2018 -In October 2014, the Riksbank cuts the repo rate to 0 per cent. Its aim is to increase demand in the economy and bring inflation up. This is a historic event; never in the Riksbank’s almost 350-year history has the interest rate been so low.
Riksbank macroprudential conference
19/10/2018 -Date: 23-24 June 2015 The Riksbank has taken the initiative for a new conference on macroprudential policy, the Riksbank macroprudential conference. The aim is to establish this annual conference as the leading venue for frontier thinking on...
The quest for nominal stability: Lessons from three decades with inflation targeting 23–24 May 2024
10/05/2024 -Sveriges Riksbank hosted a high-level academic conference on inflation targeting on 23-24 May 2024. The conference brought together prominent academics in the field as well as current and former central bankers. Participants discussed a broad...
Seim: The latest policy rate decision and driving forces behind the Swedish krona
13/03/2026 -Deputy Governor Anna Seim participates in a lunch seminar at ABG Sundal Collier to talk about the latest policy rate decision and her previous speech from 14 November 2025 on the driving forces behind the Swedish krona. (Link to the speech) Are...