News

Unanimous decision by the Executive Board to increase the repo rate, but disagreement about the repo rate path

16/07/2008 The minutes published today show that the decision at the latest monetary policy meeting to raise the repo rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5 percent was unanimous. The minutes also show that there were different views among the Executive Board members on the repo rate path in the period ahead.    Read more

The Riksbank is not chasing inflation spectres

15/08/2008 Stefan Ingves and Irma Rosenberg respond to Ingemar Bengtsson's debate article "The Riksbank is seeing spectres" on the "Brännpunkt" page of Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.  Read more

IMF´s annual review of the Swedish economy

12/08/2008 At the end of May the International Monetary Fund (IMF) carried out its annual review of the Swedish economy. The final Country Report, which was discussed by the IMF’s Executive Board on 1 August, is now available on the IMF’s website. See also the Executive Board’s Discussion and the Statement by Jens Henriksson, the Swedish Executive Director for the Nordic-Baltic Constituency, in the discussion.   Read more

CALENDAR
21/08/2008 15:00

Deputy Governor Svante Öberg will give the speech "The economic situation"

26/08/2008 13:00

Executive board meeting

29/08/2008 13:00

General Council meeting


See entire calendar
Key figures
THE RIKSBANK'S INFLATION TARGET
2.0%
The target has applied since 1995

Read more about the inflation target

INFLATION IN JULY 2008
4.4%
Next CPI will be published on Tuesday 9th September at 09.30 a.m.

Read more about the current inflation rate

Link to Statistics Sweden, SCB

THE REPO RATE
4.50%
Applies from Wednesday, 9 July 2008. Next monetary policy meeting will be 3 September 2008.

Press Release

Minutes of the Executive Board´s monetary policy meeting

Table, repo rate

MONETARY POLICY REPORT
The next Monetary Policy Report will be published on 23 October 2008

Monetary Policy Report

The Riksbank

Sveriges Riksbank is Sweden’s central bank and a public authority under the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament.  The Riksbank is responsible for conducting monetary policy, the objective of which is to maintain a low and stable level of inflation. The Bank also has the task of ensuring that payments in the economy can be made safely and efficiently.

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How inflation is affected by a rise in the oil price In an Economic Commentary authors make an attempt to estimate what effects the oil price has on inflation in Sweden. Their calculations show for instance that if the price of oil is raised by 10 per cent, prices will be 0.25 percentage points higher after 5 years than would have been the case if the oil price had remained constant. Read more
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Guided tour of the building At Brunkebergstorg 11, in the heart of Stockholm, lies the Riksbank building clad in black granite. The building, designed by architect Peter Celsing, was inaugurated on 8 April 1976. Read more