> Riksbank Interest Rate Decision June 2025: Cut 25 bp to 2.00%
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Cut 25 bp to 2.00%, as expected (Sveriges Riksbank, Jun 18, 2025). EUR/SEK: hour-before range 321 pips, first spike 169 pips above, +216 pips after one hour.

# Riksbank Interest Rate Decision, June 2025

The Sveriges Riksbank lowered the policy rate 25 bp to 2.00% on June 18, 2025, as expected.

Decision**2.00%**▼ cut −25 bp

Against expected**As expected**expected 2.00%

Previous**2.25%**policy rate

EUR/SEK one hour later **+216 pips** from the last price before

Figures as of Nov 3, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC.

The result

## What the Riksbank decided in June 2025

The move **−25 bp** Cut 25 bp to 2.00%, from 2.25%.

Against expected **No surprise** Economists expected: cut 25 bp to 2.00%. The decision was as expected.

Timing **9:30 AM GMT+2** Wednesday, June 18, 2025; press conference at 11:00 AM GMT+2.

What price did

## EUR/SEK after the Riksbank decision, minute by minute

One-minute candles, Stockholm time. The box is the hour before the announcement. [How we measure](https://interestratedecision.com/about/#method).

1.  **The hour before**EUR/SEK ranged 321 pips, from 10.95779 to 10.98992, and was at 10.98124 at the announcement.
2.  **The first spike** After 0 minutes price went through the hour's high and ran 169 pips past it.
3.  **The close back** A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 5 minutes.
4.  **The other side** Price did not trade through the opposite edge within four hours.
5.  **The moves** From the last price before the announcement: +175 pips at 15 minutes, +216 pips at one hour, +326 pips at four hours.

For context

Across 14 measured Riksbank decisions since January 2025, the first spike closed back inside the hour-before range within 60 minutes in 12 (86%), and in 5 of those price then took the other side within four hours. In the other 2 the first move held. Median move in the first 15 minutes: 177 pips.

This decision is one of the closed-back cases. Counts include the decisions where it did not close back. [All Riksbank dates](https://interestratedecision.com/riksbank/#dates) · [Riksbank overview](https://interestratedecision.com/riksbank/).

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Questions

## Riksbank June 2025 decision: questions

What time was the Riksbank interest rate decision on Jun 18, 2025?

It was announced at 9:30 AM GMT+2 (3:30 AM EDT New York, 8:30 AM London London), with the press conference at 11:00 AM GMT+2.

What did the Riksbank decide in June 2025?

Cut 25 bp to 2.00% (previous 2.25%). Economists expected: cut 25 bp to 2.00%, so the decision was as expected.

How did EUR/SEK react to the Riksbank decision in June 2025?

On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 321 pips; the first spike went above it by 169 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 5 minutes; after one hour EUR/SEK was +216 pips from its pre-announcement price.

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