1. Monetary Policy Update September 2011

2. Repo-rate increases postponed

3. Turbulence in the financial markets
Stock market index, 3 January 2006 = 100
Source: Reuters EcoWin

4. Major problems with public finances
Public debt as percentage of GDP
Source: IMF WEO April 2011

5. Declining confidence abroad
Purchasing managers’ index, manufacturing industry, seasonally-adjusted data
Source: Markit Economics

6. Global growth holding up
GDP, annual percentage change
Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Eurostat and the Riksbank

7. Cautious Swedish households and companies
Confidence indicators for households and the total business sector, net figures, seasonally-adjusted data
Source: NIER

8. Slower Swedish growth in the short term
GDP, quarterly percentage change as an annual rate, seasonally-adjusted data
Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

9. Slow improvement in the labour market
Unemployment, percentage of labour force, seasonally-adjusted data
Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

10. Wage increases compatible with the inflation target
Nominal wages, annual percentage change
Sources: National Mediation Office, Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

11. Low inflationary pressures
Annual percentage change
Sources: Statistics Sweden and the Riksbank

12. Lower repo-rate path Repo rate, per cent, quarterly mean values
Source: The Riksbank

13. A forecast not a promise
Repo rate, per cent, quarterly mean values
Source: The Riksbank

14. Repo-rate increases postponed