Repo rate raised by 0.25 percentage points

DATE 2/23/2006
CONTACT Tomas Lundberg, press officer, +46-8-787 0215


At its meeting on 22 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to raise the repo rate from 1.75 per cent to 2 per cent. This decision was based on the inflation outlook presented in the Inflation Report. UND1X inflation is expected to be close to target level a couple of years ahead, given the assumption that the repo rate is gradually increased. Read more ...