Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 9 February 2021
At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 9 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent. To provide support to the recovery and inflation, the Riksbank is also continuing to purchase assets within the envelope of SEK 700 billion and to offer liquidity within all the programmes launched in 2020.The second wave of infection during the autumn and winter has led to tightened restrictions and a slowdown in the recovery of the global economy. However, the board members noted that the Swedish economy has been more resilient to the second wave of