News

Change of date for the monetary policy meeting in July

29/01/2010 The date formerly scheduled for the Executive Board's monetary policy meeting (1 July) has been changed and the meeting will now be held on 30 June instead. The decision will thus be published on Thursday 1 July at 09:30.   Read more

The financial crisis and wage formation

Picture of Svante Öberg. Photo: Petter Karlberg 29/01/2010 First Deputy Governor Svante Öberg held a speech on Friday about the financial crisis and wage formation. Öberg discussed which issues the social parties have to deal with in this year’s collective bargaining. Considering the drawn-out recovery and the weak labour market, the Riksbank’s view is that the scope for wage increases seems to be highly restricted.   Read more

Swap line with the Federal Reserve expires

27/01/2010 In coordination with other central banks, the Riksbank confirms the expiration of its temporary liquidity swap line with the Federal Reserve on February 1, 2010.   Read more

Nyberg: Time to change cash to cards?

Picture of Lars Nyberg. Photo Petter Karlberg 20/01/2010 On Wednesday, Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg held a speech on the Riksbank's view of the development of safe and efficient payments. He spoke about what the Riksbank is doing in this area and what he hopes various private players will do.   Read more
Financial Market Statistics, December 2009. Press release on Statistics Sweden’s website
29/01/2010
Today’s auction of 3-month and 6-month SEK loans with variable rate has now been completed
25/01/2010
On 25 January the Riksbank offers new SEK loans (3 and 6 months)
21/01/2010
New calendar information regarding autumn 2010
19/01/2010
Ekholm: Monetary policy and the exchange rate
12/01/2010
News archive 
CALENDAR
01/02/2010 09:00

Executive Board meeting

01/02/2010 09:30

The Riksbank's company interviews will be published

02/02/2010 10:00

Governor Stefan Ingves will give the speech "The crisis in the Baltic - the Riksbank's measures, assessments and lessons learned"


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Key figures
THE REPO RATE
0.25%
Applies from 23 December 2009. Next monetary policy meeting will be on 10 February 2010.

Press Release

Minutes of the Executive Board´s monetary policy meeting

Table, repo rate

INFLATION IN DECEMBER 2009
0,9%
The next publication will be on Thursday 18th February 2010 09.30 a.m.

Read more about the current inflation rate

Link to Statistics Sweden, SCB

THE RIKSBANK'S INFLATION TARGET
2.0%
The target has applied since 1995

Read more about the inflation target

MONETARY POLICY REPORT
The next Monetary Policy Report will be published on 11 February 2010.

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.

How does the Riksbank control interest rates? It is the Executive Board of the Riksbank that decides the level of the repo rate. But, how does the Riksbank control the interest rate in practice? Read more
Picture on Stefan Ingves
Chat with Stefan Ingves 16 December 2009 Governor Stefan Ingves chatted in Swedish on the Riksbank's website. Follow the link for a translation into English of the questions and replies. Read more
Financial trubulence The Riksbnk's response
Financial turbulence - the Riksbank's response The 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