Riksbank’s USD loans extended
The Riksbank has decided, for monetary policy purposes, to continue offering its monetary policy counterparties loans in US dollars against collateral up to and including 31 March 2021.The situation on the financial markets has improved since spring 2020, but is still assessed as fragile. It is therefore important that the central bank continues to support the economy and the supply of liquidity. If unease on the financial markets were to increase, the credit supply in the Swedish economy could rapidly deteriorate. Given this, the Riksbank needs to continue strengthening the supply of