The Riksbank offers SEK loans on 9 February

On 20 October the Riksbank introduced a programme of recurrent auctions in order to offer SEK loans to the monetary counterparties. On Monday, 9 February, the Riksbank will offer the eighth loan within the programme, where the announced sum in the auction is SEK 40 billion. The loans are provided against collateral and have a maturity of 91 days, which means that repayment is due on 13 May 2009. A minimum interest is set at repo rate plus a supplement of 0.25 percentage points.

More information will be found on www.riksbank.com