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Swap agreement with Federal Reserve extended
05/08/2020 -Today the Riksbank has decided to extend the temporary swap agreement entered into with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on 19 March 2020.
Repo rate unchanged at zero per cent
12/02/2020 -The strong economic activity in Sweden has slowed and become more balanced. Both the global and the Swedish economies have developed in line with the Riksbank’s forecasts in December and the prospects for inflation and economic activity are...
Riksbank lends up to SEK 500 billion to safeguard credit supply
13/03/2020 -To avoid robust companies being knocked out as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, the Executive Board of the Riksbank has today decided to lend up to SEK 500 billion to companies via the banks. The aim is to maintain the supply of credit...
Measures to further improve credit supply to companies
26/03/2020 -To avoid robust companies being knocked out as a result of the corona pandemic, the Riksbank has decided at an extraordinary monetary policy meeting to initiate purchases of commercial paper and to temporarily enlarge the circle of monetary...
Ingves and Breman at Riksdag Committee on Finance: The Riksbank is prepared to act
10/03/2020 -Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Anna Breman are today taking part in the year's first hearing on monetary policy at the Riksdag Committee on Finance. They will comment, among other things, on the effects of the coronavirus on the...
Riksbank to buy commercial paper for SEK 32 billion – next purchase 8 April
03/04/2020 -The coronavirus pandemic has led to liquidity problems on the financial markets, both in Sweden and abroad. Several companies report that they are having difficulties in refinancing their loans and several larger manufacturing companies are...
Riksbank continues purchases of government and mortgage bonds
27/03/2020 -Next week, the Riksbank intends to purchase covered bonds (largely so-called mortgage bonds) for SEK 20 billion. In addition, the Executive Board has decided that further purchases of government and mortgage bonds totalling SEK 35 billion will...
The Riksbank to buy covered bonds
20/03/2020 -The Riksbank announced on 16 and 19 March that it will extend its purchases of securities during the year by up to SEK 300 billion. The purchases will if necessary include government and municipal bonds, covered bonds and securities issued by...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 19 March 2020
30/03/2020 -On 19 March an extraordinary monetary policy meeting was held as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Increasingly easy to pay for most people – but for some it has become more difficult
15/12/2022 -Most people pay digitally in Sweden today and as a result there are fewer and fewer people who use cash. However, those who do not have access to digital forms of payment have difficulties in paying bills or in redeeming payouts of pensions, for...