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Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 19 August 2024
26/08/2024 -The Executive Board decided to cut the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.5 per cent at its monetary policy meeting on 19 August 2024. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the...
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 26 June 2024
03/07/2024 -The Executive Board decided to hold the policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent at its monetary policy meeting on 26 June 2024. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the arguments put...
Riksbank exchanges EU payment
17/02/2025 -Sweden's EU membership entails monthly contributions to the EU's budget. These payments are made in Swedish kronor by the Swedish government and exchanged into euro in the foreign exchange market by a recipient central bank within the EU.
Strong recovery, but the vulnerabilities in the financial system are growing
10/11/2021 -The economic recovery in Sweden and abroad has been strong but some slowdown in growth is expected going forward. The Swedish financial system is working well, credit supply has been maintained and important financial markets are functioning...
Pandemic accelerating digitalisation of the payment market
03/11/2021 -Developments on the payment market are very rapid and have been given an extra boost by the pandemic. Sweden has long stood out as a country with low cash usage and high use of cards and digital payment solutions, but now the trend is also...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “As soon as you find one component, you realise you’re missing another”
22/10/2021 -Economic activity has continued to strengthen for major Swedish companies since the spring due to strong domestic and global demand. At the same time, there are major disruptions in output and deliveries, which are increasing costs and the need...
Bank for International Settlements and Nordic central banks launch Innovation Hub Nordic Centre
16/06/2021 -The Bank for International Settlements, Danmarks Nationalbank, Central Bank of Iceland, Norges Bank and Sveriges Riksbank today launched the Innovation Hub Nordic Centre in Stockholm, marking the fifth Innovation Hub centre to be opened in the...
The reference rate SWESTR can be used from 2 September
22/06/2021 -The Riksbank’s transaction-based reference rate SWESTR can be used in financial contracts as of 2 September 2021. SWESTR can thereby replace STIBOR, on the shortest maturity, as the reference rate in financial contracts. On 1 October 2021, the...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 30 June 2021
12/07/2021 -At the monetary policy meeting on 30 June, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent and it is expected to remain at this level over the coming three-year period. The Executive Board also...
Self-financing of foreign exchange reserves to be completed earlier
03/02/2022 -As of 7 February, the Riksbank is increasing the rate of purchases of foreign cur-rency aimed at replacing the external financing of the foreign exchange reserves. The purchases will be completed by 31 December 2022, instead of 31 December 2023.