Today's auction of SEK loans at a fixed interest rate has now been completed (maturity 350 days)

Date 13/07/2009

On 1 July, the Riksbank decided to offer loans at a fixed interest rate with a maturity of 12 months to the monetary policy counterparties. The auction for these loans was completed today at 11.00. The total offered amount for these loans was SEK 100 billion and the minimum interest rate was set at the repo rate with an interest supplement of 0.15 percentage points, i.e. 0.40 per cent.
 

Bids totalling SEK 186.5 billion were received in the course of today's auction of 12-month loans at a fixed interest rate. The interest rate was set at 0.450 per cent, which corresponded to the lowest accepted interest rate in the auction. The total sum allotted amounted to the offered sum of SEK 100 billion.

 

Including today's auction of SEK loans at a fixed interest rate, the Riksbank has provided loans amounting to SEK 303 billion and USD 17.8 billion. Converted to today's exchange rate, the Riksbank has lent a total of SEK 500 billion. Updated information on the total loans provided will be published this afternoon after the auctions of SEK loans at a variable interest rate have been completed.

 

More information was published today at 11.30 on SAXESS/OMFIE on the RIKJ page.