News

Karolina Ekholm appointed professor

Picture of Karolina Ekholm 04/03/2010 Deputy Governor Karolina Ekholm has been appointed professor at the Department of Economics at Stockholm University from 1 April 2010. Ms Ekholm will be on leave of absence from the university for her work at the Riksbank.   Read more

Ingves: Introduction on monetary policy

Picture of Governor Stefan Ingves 04/03/2010 The Governor of the Riksbank Stefan Ingves held a speech on Thursday in the Riksdag Committee on Finance on monetary policy and the considerations entailed by the current economic situation. The Swedish economy is approaching a situation where it is time to leave the crisis interest rate behind us and take steps towards an interest rate that is normal for a "regular" economic downturn. He also spoke about the challenges ahead, for instance regarding the work on preventing future crises.   Read more

Assessment of Bankgirocentralen BGC AB's payment system, 2009

03/03/2010 The Riksbank and Finansinspektionen have together evaluated Bankgirocentralen BGC AB during 2009. In the 2009 evaluation BGC’s payment system fully observed all of the recommendations against which it was evaluated. Both public authorities support the conclusions in the evaluation.
  
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CALENDAR
15/03/2010 09:30

The report "Material for assessing monetary policy 2007-2009" will be published.

16/03/2010 13:00

Executive Board meeting

17/03/2010 13:00

General Council meeting


See entire calendar
Key figures
THE REPO RATE
0.25%
Applies from17 February 2010. Next monetary policy meeting will be on 19 April 2010.

Press Release

Table, repo rate

INFLATION IN FEBRARY 2010
1,2%
The next publication will be on Thuesday 13th April 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 of Stefan Ingves
Chat with Stefan Ingves 11 February 2010 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