The Government adopted guidelines for the management of the central government debt. The maturity of the debt is extended slightly, which reduces the risk at a low cost. The steering of the composition of the debt is left unchanged. Maturity is one of several factors that affect the expected cost of and risk in the central government debt. The analyses behind the guideline decisions made in recent years show that the cost advantage of short-term borrowing has decreased. This is why the maturity of the part of the central government debt that consists of nominal borrowing in Swedish kronor is being extended by 0.3 years for the third successive year. No changes are made to the maturity of the parts of the central government debt that consist of inflation-linked krona debt and foreign-currency debt. The steering of the composition of the central government debt is also left unchanged.[…]