News

On 31 May the Riksbank offers a new SEK loans (1 month)

27/05/2010 The 60th credit under the program will be provided in an auction held on 3 May and will comprise SEK 25 billion. The loans term to maturity is 28 days.   Read more

Assessment of Securities Settlement in Sweden 2009

26/05/2010 The Riksbank and Finansinspektionen have jointly assessed securities settlement in Sweden during 2009. In the 2009 assessment Euroclear Sweden complies with all the assessed recommendations, one recommendation was not applicable and one was not assessed. Both public authorities support the conclusions in the assessment.   Read more

Riksbank's risk survey spring 2010

26/05/2010 The assessment of the participants in the Swedish fixed-income and foreign exchange markets in March and April was that the sovereign debt problems in Europe constituted a high risk to the financial markets in both the long and short run. This is revealed by the Riksbank's risk survey carried out in March and April. According to the respondents, the financial crisis peaked between autumn 2008 and spring 2009.   Read more

Riksbank Certificates with right of resale and longer maturity

26/05/2010 The first issue of certificates with a resale right and with a longer maturity will be on 1 June 2010.    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
Financial Market Statistics April 2010. Press release on Statistics Sweden’s website
28/05/2010
Nyberg: Monetary policy and house prices
19/05/2010
Ingves: Monetary policy and financial stability – some future challenges
17/05/2010
Ekholm: The role of forecasts in monetary policy
11/05/2010
Assessment of the Riksbank’s Payment System, RIX
10/05/2010
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CALENDAR

27/05/2010

Financial Stability Report 1 is published at 9.30 a.m.

 

A press conference on the report will be helt at 11 a.m.

 

Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg will talk about financial stability at a lunch seminar organised by Deutsche Bank in Stockholm, at Stureplan 4.


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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