Today's auction of SEK loans with corporate paper as collateral has now been completed
05/12/2008 The total number of bids received amounted to SEK 1 billion, which was also the total amount allotted. The interest rate was set at 2.40 per cent, which corresponded to the lowest accepted interest rate in the auction. Read more Öberg: Wage formation and monetary policy
05/12/2008 Wage formation has functioned better in the last fifteen years than in the 1970s and 1980s. Our job is to maintain a low and stable level of inflation. This job is made easier if wage formation works well, said Svante Öberg in a speech at Facken inom industrin (the Swedish Unions within Industry) in Stockholm today. Read more Repo rate cut to 2 per cent
04/12/2008 The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to cut the repo rate by 1.75 percentage points to 2 per cent. The repo rate is expected to remain at this level over the coming year. A large reduction in the interest rate and the interest rate path is necessary to dampen the fall in production and employment and to attain the inflation target of 2 per cent. Read more05/12/2008 13:00
Deputy Governor Svante Öberg will give the speech "Wage formation and monetary policy"
08/12/2008 08:00First Deputy Governor Irma Rosenberg will give the speech "My time at the Riksbank. Some final relfections on challenges along the way." in Stockholm. Organised by SEB.
08/12/2008 13:00Executive Board meeting
17/12/2008 09:30The minutes of the executive Board's monetary policy meeting from 3 December will be published
17/12/2008 14:00General Council meeting
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INFLATION IN OCTOBER 2008
4.0%
Next CPI will be published on Tuesday 9th December at 09.30 a.m.
Read more about the current inflation rate
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The next Monetary Policy Report will be published on 11 February 2009
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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.
Financial turbulence - the Riksbank's responseThe Riksbank has taken a number of actions as a result of the current financial turbulence. This page contains links to the information that we have published in connection with this.Read more Questions and answers on the financial turmoil - updated on December 4The Riksbank has compiled a number of questions and answers to explain our role in dealing with the prevailing financial turmoil. The page is updated with questions and answers regularly. Read more 86 per cent satisfied with their work situationEmployees of the Riksbank are even more satisfied with their work situation than they were last year. Confidence in both Stefan Ingves and line managers has increased. Read more 103 37 Stockholm Brunkebergstorg 11 Phone +46 8 787 00 00 Fax +46 8 21 05 31 Email registratorn@riksbank.se Press contact +46 8 787 02 00