Financial markets

Today the Government adopted guidelines for the management of the central government debt. The decision means a slight extension of the maturity of the central government debt; the background is that the cost advantage of short-term borrowing has decreased. Longer maturity results in less variation in the cost of the debt.

Today the Government adopted guidelines for the management of the central government debt. The actual maturity of the central government debt is retained unchanged, but the direction of the foreign currency debt is changed so that the foreign currency exposure of central government will decrease gradually over the next few years.

The Government decided today to extend the scope of the Inquiry appointed to conduct an overview of the regulations governing investment funds. The Inquiry will now also include an analysis and mapping of the information that investors need to understand what active and passive funds are, the various alternatives that are available and the costs and risks associated with them.