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Swedish central bank uses negative interest rates to avoid deflation
Geoff Riley
16th February 2015
The world's oldest central bank (the Swedish Riksbank) has chosen to move their policy interest rate into negative territory as part of a plan to avoid the Swedish economy falling into persistent deflation.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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