Riksbank
Dollar Weaker on Lessening Investor Fear
February 11, 2010
The U.S. dollar slumped 1.5% against the Australian dollar, 0.8% versus the kiwi, 0.4% against the yen and Canadian dollar, and 0.1% against the euro and pound. The Swiss franc is unchanged against the dollar. EU leaders are meeting today. Markets assume that aid to avert a Greek default and to lay a framework for handling [...] More
No Change in Swedish Monetary Policy
December 16, 2009
As analysts predicted, the Riksbank repo rate was left at 0.25%, and the projected future path of that rate was also not changed. That forecast anticipates no increase in central bank rates until the final quarter of 2010 and a subsequent climb to 2.4% by 4Q11 and 4.1% in 4Q12. Quantitative easing in via fixed [...] More
