Today’s auction of 3-month and 6-month SEK loans with variable rate has now been completed

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The Riksbank decided on 13 February to establish a special credit facility in SEK with a maturity of 3 and 6 months and variable interest rate. On 7 May 2009 the Riksbank decided to offer also SEK loans with 12 months maturity. The auctions were completed at 1.30 p.m. today. The offered amount was SEK 25 billion in the respective auction and the minimum interest rate was set at repo rate plus an interest supplement of 0.150 per cent.

 

The total number of bids received in the 3-month auction amounted to SEK 2 billion, which was also the total amount allotted. The interest rate was set at repo rate plus an interest supplement of 0.160 per cent, which corresponded to the lowest accepted interest rate in the auction.

 

No bids were received in the 3-month auction.
 
Including today's auction of SEK loans at a fixed interest rate and today's auction of SEK loans at a variable interest rate, the Riksbank has provided loans amounting to SEK 305 billion and USD 17.8 billion. Converted to today's exchange rate, the Riksbank has lent a total of SEK 502 billion.

 

Additional information was published today at 11:30 in SAXESS/OMFIE on page RIKP.

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