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Rosenberg: Monetary policy with our own interest rate path

6/8/2007 First Deputy Governor Irma Rosenberg explains in the speech "Monetary policy with an own interest rate" why she considered that the repo rate should be held unchanged at the most recent monetary policy meeting. She also comments on some of the views the Riksbank has received regarding its interest rate forecast. The speech was given at a lunch meeting in Stockholm arranged by Öhman.   read more

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Balance of Payments, Q1, 2007

6/1/2007 The current account showed a surplus of SEK 68.1 billion for 2007 Q1, which is an increase of SEK 9.4 billion compared with the same period in 2006. The current account surplus corresponds to a good 9 per cent of GDP. Trade in goods and services showed a surplus of SEK 63.1 billion, which can be broken down into SEK 40.5 billion for goods and SEK 22.6 billion for services.   read more

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