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Ekholm: The role of forecasts in monetary policy

Picture of Deputy Governor Karolina Ekholm. Photo: Petter Karlberg. 11/05/2010 On Tuesday Deputy Governor Karolina Ekholm held a speech on the role of forecasting in monetary policy. She described, for instance, the forecasting process at the Riksbank, and spoke of the importance of quantifying risks to obtain a good basis for the monetary policy decisions.   Read more

Assessment of the Riksbank’s Payment System, RIX

10/05/2010 The Riksbank has assessed its system for the settlement of payments, RIX, in 2009. This assessment is carried out annually. In the current assessment the RIX system complies with 8 out of the 10 assessment criteria, 1 criterion is partly observed and 1 is not applicable.   Read more

Coin to commemorate the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling

10/05/2010 The Riksbank is issuing a commemorative coin to celebrate the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010. A silver coin will be issued in the denomination of SEK 300 and a gold coin in the denomination of SEK 4,000.    Read more

Assessment of NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets as a central counterparty 2009

04/05/2010 The Riksbank and Finansinspektionen (the Swedish financial supervisory authority) have jointly assessed NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets in 2009. This assessment is carried out on a yearly basis. In this year's assessment NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets complies with 13 out of 14 recommendations, with 1 recommendation being broadly observed.   Read more
Svensson: Why a low repo rate for an extended period?
04/05/2010
Today’s auction of 3-month with variable rate has now been completed
03/05/2010
Minutes of the Executive Board's monetary policy meeting on 19 April 2010
03/05/2010
Governor Ingves supports the repo-rate decision
03/05/2010
On 3 May the Riksbank offers a new SEK loans (3 months)
29/04/2010
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CALENDAR

17/05/2010

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech entitled "Monetary policy and financial stability – some future challenges". The speech will be held at the Swedish Economics Association and published at 3 p.m.

 

18/05/2010
Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg will hold a speech on the financial crisis at the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency.

 

Deputy Governor Lars E.O. Svensson will hold a speech at the Finansdagarna seminar organised by Affärsvärlden business magazine.

 

19/05/2010

Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg will hold the speech “Monetary policy after the crisis” at the Swedish Investment Fund Association. The speech will be published at 3 p.m.

 

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech on managing financial crises at the Swedish Club in Helsinki, Finland.


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Key figures
THE REPO RATE
0.25%
Applies from 21 April 2010 2010. Next monetary policy meeting will be on 30 June l 2010.

Table, repo rate

Press Release

INFLATION IN APRIL 2010
1,0%
The next publication will be on Thursday 10th June 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 1 July 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.

Read the chat
Chat with Svante Öberg 20 April 2010 Deputy Governor Svante Öberg chatted in Swedish on the Riksbank's website. Follow the link for a translation into English of the questions and replies. Read more
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
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