The Riksbank to continue to offer dollar loans and to support banks’ corporate lending
It is important for the Riksbank to maintain preparedness to manage any deterioration in credit supply which could hamper the recovery of the Swedish economy. The Executive Board has therefore decided today that the Riksbank shall continue to offer loans to banks in US dollars. The Executive Board has also decided to revise the terms of the programme of funding to banks to support their lending to companies.The various measures implemented by the Riksbank and other central banks during the crisis have given banks and companies ample opportunity to obtain low-interest funding in both Swedish