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The krona (Swedish: ⓘ; plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of the Kingdom of Sweden.It is one of the currencies of the European Union.Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value.
Swedish krona: 1873–present Replaced Swedish riksdaler [1] Historical use of a currency called crown. Country Currency Period Notes Ref
Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD). [citation ...
US Dollar Index and major financial events. The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [2]
This article gives a list of conversion factors for several physical quantities.A number of different units (some only of historical interest) are shown and expressed in terms of the corresponding SI unit.
The Government's ambition was to sell companies to a value of SEK 200 billion during 2007–2010." [80] Ongoing privatisations. Telia Sonera – telecom. 37.3% owned by the Swedish government. [81] Hitherto SEK 18 billion worth of shares has been sold reducing state ownership from 45.3% to 37.3%. [82]
Swedish krona SEK Reserves: 49 830 million USD [1] Reserve requirements: None: Bank rate: 0.75 [2] Interest on reserves: 0.65 [2] Interest paid on excess reserves? not applicable (no reserve requirements) Preceded by: Riksens Ständers Bank (1668) Stockholms Banco (1657) Website: riksbank.se