Highlights

• Securities totalling 157.9 million euro were purchased under the PSPP in August

  13.09.2017

  In August 2017, implementing the public sector purchase programme (PSPP), Latvijas Banka purchased securities issued by the Latvian government and international organisations located in the euro area amounting to 157.9 million euro. Overall, Latvijas Banka has purchased securities totaling 6 018.6 million euro under the PSPP, including securities in the amount of 1 808.4 million euro in 2015 and 2 548.9 million euro in 2016.
• Latvia will participate in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey at euro area level

  12.09.2017

  This year, Latvia will participate in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a joint project of the euro area countries, already for the second time.
• Press conference of the Governor of Latvijas Banka

  08.09.2017

  We are meeting one week after the beginning of the new school year, so I would like to wish us all a year full of new knowledge. This is very stressful time. We have the drafting of the budget for 2018 ahead of us, and it will determine to a great degree our development in the coming years. Worry is being voiced ever more often that the Latvian economy is in danger of overheating. We will address all these questions today.
• Latvijas Banka provides an opportunity for instant payments

  28.08.2017

  Latvijas Banka has developed a system enabling banks to provide instant payment services to their customers: an opportunity to transfer money from an account in one bank to an account in another bank within a matter of seconds on any day and at any time of the day.