enhttp://www.riksbank.se/60EPiServer CMS 6http://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2012/Wickman-Parak-Monetary-policy-and-unemployment-a-constantly-topical-debate/Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Nyberg-Monetary-policy-and-financial-crises---some-reflections/On Wednesday, Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg held his final speech as member of the Riksbank’s Executive Board at Danske Bank. Mr Nyberg, who has been a member of the Executive Board since its start in 1999, observed that it had been thirteen eventful years. Recent years in particular have been dramatic, with a global financial crisis and ensuing sovereign debt crisis.Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Oberg-Monetary-policys-Catch-22--uncertainty/On Tuesday First Deputy Governor Svante Öberg spoke to invited guests at the Riksbank. Mr Öberg discussed the Catch-22 situation that he believes one faces as monetary policymaker. As monetary policy acts with a lag, it must be based, at least partly, on forecasts. However, the Riksbank’s and other analysts’ forecasting ability with regard to GDP growth and inflation is very limited one year ahead and largely non-existent two and three years ahead.Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Svensson-Monetary-Policy-after-the-Crisis/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Svensson-Central-banking-challenges-for-the-Riksbank--monetary-policy-financial-stability-policy-and-asset-management/Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Ingves-Basel-III--regulations-for-safer-banking/Governor Stefan Ingves presented a speech on Thursday at the Swedish Bankers’ Association’s bank meeting. The speech was entitled Basel III – regulations for safer banking and dealt with the Riksbank’s view of how the Swedish banking sector should be regulated in the light of the Basel III agreement. Mr Ingves noted that the Swedish banking sector has several characteristics that mean that Sweden should proceed faster and set higher requirements than Basel III does. The Riksbank intends to soon present concrete proposals on how the Basel III regulations should be introduced in Sweden.Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Ingves-Introduction-on-monetary-policy1/The Governor of the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, began the hearing on monetary policy held by the Riksdag Committee on Finance by describing what is happening abroad and how this affects us, as well as what we ourselves can do to facilitate economic developments in Sweden, particularly with the help of monetary policy. In this context, Stefan Ingves reported on the latest monetary policy decision, which was taken in October.Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Ekholm-International-dependence-and-monetary-policy/On Friday, Deputy Governor Karolina Ekholm made a speech at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in Malmö in which she spoke about Sweden’s international dependence and about how Swedish monetary policy is affected by a slowdown in economic activity abroad.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Oberg-GDP-growth-and-resource-utilisation/On Thursday, First Deputy Governor Svante Öberg held a speech at Statistics Sweden’s annual conference on productivity at Saltsjöbaden. Mr Öberg discussed resource utilisation and its significance for monetary policy. He described the Riksbank’s methods for assessing potential GDP and resource utilisation, and also presented his own assessment of how potential GDP and resource utilisation have been affected by the financial crisis.Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.riksbank.se/en/Press-and-published/Speeches/2011/Nyberg-ESRB--reflections-after-the-first-nine-months/On Tuesday, Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg attended a conference on the macro prudential oversight of the financial sector arranged by Norges Bank and spoke about the experience gained during the first period of operation of the European Systemic Risk Board. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT