The Riksbank’s decided on 2 September 2009 that supplementary measures are needed for monetary policy to have the intended effect. The Riksbank offers a loan on 14 September at a fixed interest rate with a maturity of approximately 12 months to its monetary policy counterparties.
The loans will be provided in an auction to be held on 14 September 2009. The offered volume in the auction is SEK 100 billion where the monetary policy counterparties present bids stating both interest rates and the desired loan volumes. The minimum bid rate is the repo rate with an addition of 0.15 percentage points. The loans are provided against normal collateral and the payment date is 16 September. The maturity of the loans is 343 days, that is, approximately 12 months. The restricted monetary policy counterparties can participate in the auction.