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Central government debt
Central government borrowing
Government borrowing rate
Financial stability
Cash management
Deposit insurance and investor protection
Guarantees and lending
Financing of nuclear waste management
Central government debt acts as a shock absorber in the economy. It pairs upturns and downturns in economic activity and enables stable tax rates and thus better efficiency.
2021-08-31
1 172 540 522 563 SEK
The central government debt is the debt that the central government has incurred in years when expenditure has been greater than revenue. There are several ways to measure central government debt.
The size of the central government debt is primarily influenced by policy decisions and macroeconomic developments.
The Swedish National Debt Office proposes no significant revisions to the guidelines for managing the central government debt. The proposed guidelines for 2022 are being submitted to the Ministry of...
Swedish central government payments resulted in a surplus of SEK 43.4 billion in August. The Debt Office's forecast was a surplus of SEK 21.3 billion. The higher than expected budget balance is...
Swedish central government payments resulted in a surplus of SEK 8.1 billion in July. The Debt Office's forecast was a deficit of SEK 6.3 billion. Central government tax income were higher than...
The Debt Office proposes additions to two areas in this year’s proposal. They are related to position taking and management of financing risks. The objective is to further formalise risk management...