Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 12 February 2019
At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 12 February 2019, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at –0.25 per cent. As in December, the forecast for the repo rate indicates that the next increase will be during the second half of 2019, provided that the economic outlook and inflation prospects are as expected.The Executive Board supported the picture of the economic outlook and inflation prospects described in the draft Monetary Policy Report. Economic developments have, as expected, entered a calmer phase both in Sweden and abroad. But although growth is