Tag: Riksbank
The Riksbank lowers the key interest rate
The Riksbank will lower the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, announced on Thursday. At the same time, they are flagging for another possible interest rate cut in 2025.…
Riksbank chief skeptical of lowered amortization requirements
The purpose of the proposal is to make it easier to both take out and have a home loan by limiting the amortization requirement to one percent of the loan…
The Riksbank can move forward faster
“Aftermath of recent years’ price increases and high interest rates have meant that the recovery in household consumption has been slower than expected,” they write in a press release. However,…
LO economist: The Riksbank must stop looking at Europe
On Tuesday, the Riksbank lowered the key interest rate to 3.5 percent while flagging three more cuts this year. This since inflation has fallen and is now below the two…
The governor of the Riksbank defends the interest rate announcement after the criticism
On Tuesday, the Riksbank received criticism for not lowering the key interest rate enough. Now the governor of the Riksbank defends the action in Efter fem, and says that more…
The Riksbank will announce the key interest rate today
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS: The Riksbank will announce the key interest rate today THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS The Swedish Transport Agency’s cameras are down – people cannot see…
The experts: It speaks for and against the Riksbank doubling the interest rate
Since May, the policy rate has been at 3.75 percent. But on Tuesday, the Riksbank will give new information – and there are many indications that the interest rate will…
The Riksbank can lower even more
After stable inflation figures and a strengthened krone recently, state-owned SBAB is sticking to its forecast of four interest rate cuts until the end of the year. It is believed…
Prices continue to rise – the expert: “The Riksbank is snoozing”
Inflation is on the way down. But it is still higher than expected, based on the figures that Statistics Sweden presented on Friday. That’s how much prices rose in May…
The Riksbank blacked out information about suspected smuggling of cash
During Task Review’s mapping of how organized crime launders cash, the Riksbank’s head of cash Mattias Rostedt was asked how much is smuggled across Swedish borders each year. He then…