SEK’s interim report January-September 2021: Sustainable financing increasingly important
New lending for the first nine months of the year amounted to Skr 50 billion, in line with historical normal years but significantly lower than the record high volumes in 2020. Following limited demand for financing from Swedish exporters during the first half of the year, lending has increased toward the end of the third quarter.After a year and a half of tackling the pandemic, Sweden’s economy is back at pre-crisis levels with exports acting as a catalyst. At the same time, problems remain such as shortages of input goods and disruptions in container and shipping traffic. Another