Simplified decision-making routine

Date 26/10/2010

The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided that the Riksbank's deposit and lending rates will automatically follow the repo rate when it is adjusted, with effect from the monetary policy meeting held on 26 October. The reason for this is to simplify the routines regarding the repo rate decision, as the Executive Board will no longer need to make separate decisions on these rates. The decision also applies to the fine-tuning interest rates (currently the repo rate +/- 0.10 percentage points). If any changes are made to the difference between the repo rate and the various deposit and lending rates (currently +/- 0.75 percentage points), a special decision will be made, as before.