https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's record-low interest rate of -0.50 percent has been extended until mid 2018, and will not change early next year as previously intended, the country's central bank has announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170427/swedens-record-low-interest-rate-extended-until-mid-2018 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:45:54 +0200 swedens-record-low-interest-rate-extended-until-mid-2018 Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday said it would keep its benchmark repo rate at 0.75 percent, despite reservations from two of its board members. It should remain at the low level for another year. https://www.thelocal.se/20140409/riksbank-to-keep-low-repo-rate-for-a-year-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:53:00 +0200 riksbank-to-keep-low-repo-rate-for-a-year-2 UPDATED: Citing lower than expected inflation, Sweden's central bank on Tuesday announced it would lower the country's repo rate by 0.25 percentage points - hitting a low 0.75 percent. Riksbank members have tussled over the rate and its effect on employment for months. https://www.thelocal.se/20131217/riksbank-slashes-repo-rate-to-075-percent Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:06:00 +0100 riksbank-slashes-repo-rate-to-075-percent Sweden's central bank said on Thursday it's leaving the benchmark interest rate, the repo rate, unchanged at one percent, but did adjust its interest rate forecast downward. https://www.thelocal.se/20131024/50976 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:53:00 +0200 50976 Sweden's central bank announced on Wednesday that the current repo rate of one percent will remain unchanged, predicting a gradual increase in the second half of next year. https://www.thelocal.se/20130703/48842 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:44:00 +0200 48842 Sweden's benchmark interest rate will remain at one percent for longer than previously planned, the Riksbank announced on Wednesday citing the need to "support the recovery" in a time of timid economic development in the US and Asia, and less solid gains in Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20130417/47386 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:44:00 +0200 47386 Citing a weak growth in the Swedish economy and low inflationary pressures, Sweden's central bank announced on Wednesday that the current repo rate of one percent will remain unchanged. https://www.thelocal.se/20130213/46168 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:33:00 +0100 46168 The Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, announced on Thursday that the country's benchmark interest rate would remain unchanged at 1.25 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20121025/44036 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:31:00 +0200 44036 Sweden's slowing economy and dampened concerns about inflation prompted the Riksbank to cut the country's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent to 1.25 percent on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120906/43044 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:44:00 +0200 43044 Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has left the country's benchmark interest rate, the repo rate, unchanged at 1.50 percent, but warned that the Swedish economic growth remains sluggish. https://www.thelocal.se/20120704/41824 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:57:00 +0200 41824 Sweden's central bank is holding the country's benchmark interest rate steady at 1.5 percent, the Riksbank announced on Wednesday, saying the Swedish economy was showing some "positive signs". https://www.thelocal.se/20120418/40328 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:58:00 +0200 40328 Sweden's economy contracted in the last quarter of 2011, shrinking by 1.1 percent compared to the previous quarter and showing the export-dependent economy's vulnerability to the eurozone crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20120229/39404 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0100 39404 The Riksbank cut Sweden's benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 1.5 percent on Thursday, as slower growth in the euro area took its toll on Sweden's economic prospects. https://www.thelocal.se/20120216/39144 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:02:00 +0100 39144 Sweden's central bank cut the country's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent on Tuesday, at the same time signaling the rate would remain low throughout 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20111220/38044 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:40:00 +0100 38044 Sweden's Riksbank announced on Wednesday that they have decided to hold the country's main interest rate unchanged at 2 percent and to postpone future increases. https://www.thelocal.se/20110907/35998 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:01:00 +0200 35998 Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, once again hiked the country’s benchmark interest rate, the repo rate, by 0.25 percent on Wednesday, bringing the interest rate up to 1.25 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20101215/30856 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:31:00 +0100 30856 Sweden’s Riksbank raised the country’s benchmark repo rate by 0.25 percent on Tuesday, bringing the interest rate up to 1.0 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20101026/29828 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:36:00 +0200 29828 Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 percent on Thursday, matching most analyst estimates. https://www.thelocal.se/20100701/27542 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0200 27542 Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has announced that its benchmark interest rate is to remain unchanged at 0.25 percent. The bank also reiterated that it expects the rate to remain at the same level until autumn 2010. https://www.thelocal.se/20091022/22806 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:33:00 +0200 22806 Sweden’s central bank has pledged to hold its benchmark interest rate, the repo rate, at 0.25 percent until next autumn in a bid to keep interest rates low for business and households. https://www.thelocal.se/20090903/21860 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:22:00 +0200 21860