Calendar 2019

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 19 December 2018 will be published.

The First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will participate in a panel discussion of the most important factors for the Swedish business sector in 2019 as part of the conference DI Världen.

Read more about the event here.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss developments on the payment market at Moody’s Credit Trends.

Read more about the event here.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley is participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos.

First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick is giving a speech on the forthcoming normalisation of monetary policy and discussing how households and the economy will be affected when the repo rate is increased and the Riksbank reduces its government bond holdings.

Read more about the event here.

Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a panel discussion on fintech with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, and others at Paris Fintech Forum.

Read more about the event here.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at StrategiTorget Bygg & Fastighet.

Advance registration is required. Read more about the event here.

Governor Stefan Ingves will present the Riksbank's view on the current situation as regards financial stability at the Riksdag Committee on Finance's open hearing on financial stability.

Directors-General Erik Thedéen, from Finansinspektionen, and Hans Lindblad, from the National Debt Office, will also give their views of the current situation. Minister for Financial Markets Per Bolund will also participate in the hearing.

In addition to financial stability, the lessons learnt ten years after the financial crisis focusing on the efficacy of regulatory frameworks will be discussed. Johanna Lybeck Lilja, strategic advisor at Nordea will also participate in this discussion.

Watch the hearing on riksdagen.se.

Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will participate in a panel discussion on the Banking Union.

Read more on the European Commission website.

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 1

The Executive Board's interest rate decision will be published, together with the Monetary Policy Report.

The decision on the repo rate will apply from 20 February 2019.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on the interest rate decision. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Jesper Hansson, Head of the Monetary Policy Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards on riksbank.se

Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will provide information about the e-krona project at a Committee on Finance meeting. 

Governor Stefan Ingves will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy during a visit to New York.

Local times.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will discuss the economic situation and monetary policy.

At the press meeting, the leader of the delegation for the Article IV consultation, Craig Beaumont, will present the delegation's view of the Swedish economy. Craig Beaumont will also be available to answer questions after the presentation.

The press conference will be held in the Riksbank on Thursday, 21 February and begin at 1 p.m. Entry via Malmskillnadsgatan 7. Press cards or equivalent must be shown.

Read more: Press conference on IMF assessment of Swedish economy

Governor Stefan Ingves will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at Carnegie’s investor breakfast.

Read more on Carnegie Fonder’s website.

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 12 February will be published.

Governor Stefan Ingves will give his view on economic developments during an event organised by the Uppsala Association of International Affairs.

Read more on the Association’s Facebook page.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley is participating in a panel discussion on the e-krona at the think tank Fores.

Read more about the event on the Fores website.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at the Western Sweden Chamber of Commerce.

Read more on the Western Sweden Chamber of Commerce website.

The Committee on Finance is holding an open hearing on current monetary policy. Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will be answering questions from committee members.

Watch the hearing on riksdagen.se.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at Halmstad University.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at UC’s network meeting.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at Nordic Cash & Treasury Management.

Read more about the event on the Insight Events website.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley is giving a speech on the effects of digitalisation on the economy. The speech will be followed by a panel discussion.

Read more about the event on the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum website.

The report "Account of Monetary Policy in 2018" is published on the Riksbank's website.

Governor Stefan Ingves is giving a lecture for the general public on the Swedish economy at Royal Coin Cabinet.

Read more and reserve a seat on the Coin Cabinet website.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley is participating in a panel discussion on Brexit.

Read more about the event on the SUERF website.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén is participating in a panel discussion on developments on the mortgage market.

Deputy Governor Per Jansson will hold a presentation on the IMF and World Bank Group’s spring and annual meetings at a Committee on Finance meeting. Minister for Finance Magdalena Andersson and Minister for International Development Cooperation Peter Eriksson will also participate.

Read more at the Riksdag website.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson is talking about the inflation target at a conference organised by the Swedish Unions within Industry.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson is speaking about household indebtedness and the economic situation at the BUS Conference in Uppsala.

Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governors Cecilia Skingsley and Per Jansson are participating in the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington D.C., United States.

Thursday 11 April, 12.30 - 14.00 (local time), Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in the panel discussion “Climate Change: Financial Risks and Opportunities”.

Venue: IMF Building, Cedar Hall, HQ1-1-660, 700 19th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20431

Friday 12 April, 14.00 - 14.55 (local time), Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will participate in a panel discussion on digital central bank money.

Venue: IMF Building, Cedar Hall, HQ1-1-660

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén is talking about the economic situation and current monetary policy at the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency’s Capital Market Day.

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 2

The Executive Board's interest rate decision will be published, together with the Monetary Policy Report.

The decision on the repo rate will apply from 8 May 2019.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on the interest rate decision. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Jesper Hansson, Head of the Monetary Policy Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards on https://www.riksbank.se/sv/

The Riksbank Committee on Finance will hold an open hearing on the Riksbank’s Account of Monetary Policy 2018.

Governor Stefan Ingves, First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick, and Deputy Governors Martin Flodén, Per Jansson, Henry Ohlsson and Cecilia Skingsley will participate.

Opponents: Anna Seim, associate professor in economics at Stockholm University and Robert Bergqvist, chief economist at SEB.

Venue: Former First Chamber, entrance from Riksplan

Organiser: Riksdag Committee on Finance

The hearing will be webcasted live and will be available afterwards on demand via the Riksdag's website. The slides will be published on the Riksbank's website, riksbank.se.

For more information

On 2–3 May, the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and the Riksbank are arranging an international conference with the title “Global Economies at the Crossroads: Growing Together While Growing Apart?”

By invitation only. Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will hold a closing presentation at 16.15 on 3 May at the hotel At Six, Stockholm. This part is open to journalists.

Questions about the conference can be addressed to the Riksbank’s Press Office on +46 8 787 02 00.

Read more: International conference on current economic challenges

More about the conference, the programme and the participants on nabe.com

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 24 April will be published.

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech at the Swedish Economics Association in Stockholm.

Read more on the Swedish Economics Association’s website.

First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at SvD Investor Summit.

Read more at investorsummit.se.

The Riksbank is arranging a seminar on challenges on the housing market. First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will participate in the panel.

First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will discuss developments on the payment market at Stockholm Future Forum.

Read more at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s website.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will hold a speech on underlying inflation at the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts (SFF).

Read more at the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts’ website.

Governor Stefan Ingves will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at newspaper Dagens industri’s banking conference.

Read more at Dagens industri’s website.

First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will discuss developments on the payment market at Företagarna Dalarna.

Read more at Företagarna’s website.

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech on the development of the payment market at the ICMA Annual Conference.

Read more about the event on the ICMA website.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will participate in a panel discussion as part of the conference “The Future of Monetary Policy: What can we see as the dust has settled?” on challenges for European economies with independent central banks and floating exchange rates.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss the development of the payment market at the conference “Cash on Trial”.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will discuss the development of the payment market at the conference Self-Service Banking Europe during a visit to London (local time).

Read more about the event on the RBR website.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will discuss the development of the payment market at the conference “Navigating climate change and a new world order” in Copenhagen.

The first Financial Stability Report of the year will be published.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on financial stability. Per Jansson, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank, and Olof Sandstedt, Head of the Financial Stability Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on riksbank.se.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will hold a speech on central bank communication at the conference “Central Bank Communications: From Mystery to Transparency” in Kyiv (local time).

Deputy Governor Skingsley will replace Governor Stefan Ingves, who will not participate in the conference due to influenza.

Read more about the event on the NBU website.

Stefan Ingves will not participate in the event due to influenza. He will not be replaced.

Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a panel discussion on the monetary policy of tomorrow at Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum (local time).

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will hold a lunch talk on the economic situation and current monetary policy at Nordea.

Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a fire-side chat on banking regulation at Goldman Sachs’ 23rd Annual European Financials Conference.

Representatives of the Riksbank, Finansinspektionen (the Swedish FSA), the Swedish National Debt Office and the Government will gather for a meeting of the Financial Stability Council. More information about Financial Stability Council.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will hold a speech on the payment system of the future. The speech will be commented on by Lars Sjögren, CEO, P27.

Read more about the event here.

Deputy Governor Per Jansson will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at a lunch held by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will discuss the management of the foreign exchange reserves at the 8th BBVA Seminar for Public Sector Investors and Issuers. Only for invited.

Deutsche Bundesbank hosts the fifth Annual Macroprudential Conference in Frankfurt, in cooperation with De Nederlandsche Bank and Sveriges Riksbank.

The conference is open for invited speakers and guests only.

The full programme can be found here.

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 3

Deputy Governors Martin Flodén and Henry Ohlsson will visit Visby during Almedalen Week 2019. 

Wednesday 3 July

13.00 - 13.50 Where is economic activity heading?

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will participate in a seminar on the economic situation. Read more in the programme for Almedalen Week.

Organiser: Teknikföretagen (Association of Swedish Engineering Industries), Deloitte, Affärsvärlden
Venue: Deloitte garden, Strandgatan 22

14.00 - 14.50 E-krona - Who does it benefit?

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will participate in a seminar on the e-krona. Read more in the programme for Almedalen Week.

Organiser: Affärsvärlden & Deloitte
Venue: Deloitte garden, Strandgatan 22

15.00 - 16.00 The Riksbank’s interest rate decision in perspective – effect on Swedish households and companies, effect on Sweden

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén is participating in a seminar on the economic situation. Read more in the programme for Almedalen Week.

Organiser: Swedbank
Venue: Swedbankhuset, Volters gränd 8, Visby

Thursday 4 July

15.15 - 15.30 Do we have the right tools to stimulate Sweden’s economy?

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will participate in a ‘hot seat’ discussion. Read more in the programme for Almedalen Week.

Organiser: Sparbankernas Riksförbund
Venue: Hamnplan, H208

The Executive Board's interest rate decision will be published, together with the Monetary Policy Report.

The decision on the repo rate will apply from 10 July 2019.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on the interest rate decision. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Jesper Hansson, Head of the Monetary Policy Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards on riksbank.se

Governor Stefan Ingves is participating in a panel discussion on the relationship between trust and the evolution of local, national and international monetary systems during the conference: Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence.

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 2 July will be published.

First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick will hold a speech on cybersecurity and the consequences of rapid digitalisation, and how these could change the financial infrastructure and increase the need for collaboration.

Venue: Regeringsgatan 30–32, Stockholm.
Organiser: Swedbank

Slides published on our website at 15.30

Read more about the event on Swedbanks website (only in Swedish)

Governor Stefan Ingves participates in the 2018 Economic Policy Symposium, “Challenges for Monetary Policy”.

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 4

The Executive Board's interest rate decision will be published, together with the Monetary Policy Report.

The decision on the repo rate will apply from 11 September 2019.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on the interest rate decision. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Jesper Hansson, Head of the Monetary Policy Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards.

Governor Stefan Ingves will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy during a visit to London.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will participate in a panel discussion on digital currencies at the conference Global Imbalances and Capital Flows in the Era of New Technologies.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will participate in a panel discussion on digital currencies at the OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum.

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 4 September will be published.

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech on the housing market at Business Arena in Stockholm.

Read more at Business Arena’s website.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at the conference “Arbetsmarknad och Ekonomi” (Labour market and economy) arranged by Saco (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations) for union ombudsmen in the private sector.

Deputy Governor Per Jansson will talk about the economic situation and participate in a panel discussion at a breakfast meeting arranged by property sector organisation Fastighetsägarna Syd in Malmö.

On 24 September, the Parliamentary Committee on Finance will arrange an open hearing on current monetary policy. Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Per Jansson will participate.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will discuss the Riksbank’s contingency planning at the GRC Conference 2019.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will participate in a panel discussion on the economy and digitalisation at a seminar arranged by IVA (the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences) to mark its 100th anniversary.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at Kommuninvest’s financial seminar.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at the conference Ekonomi- och hyresdagarna arranged by Public Housing Sweden.

Read more at Public Housing Sweden's website.

Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a panel discussion on digital currencies and cross-border payments at the conference Central Bank of the Future.

Read more at University of Michigan’s website.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss the effects of digitalisation on the economy, the economic situation and monetary policy at the conference Ruter Damdagen.

Deputy Governor Per Jansson will participate in a panel discussion on monetary policy at a seminar arranged by Alecta.

On 14 October, a discussion on this year’s Economics prize will take place at the Riksbank.

A member of the Economics prize committee will present this year’s prize-winner and then discuss the significance of the prize with a Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson.

More information about the event (not in English)

Governor Stefan Ingves will hold a speech on lessons for monetary policy after the financial crisis at the MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference.

Local time.

Governor Stefan Ingves will participate in a panel discussion at the conference “The Future of Money in the Digital Age”.

Read more at the website of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Local time.

Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Per Jansson will attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, D.C., United States.

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 5

The Executive Board's interest rate decision will be published, together with the Monetary Policy Report.

The decision on the repo rate will apply from 30 October 2019.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on the interest rate decision. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Jesper Hansson, Head of the Monetary Policy Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at the National Mediation Office’s annual conference on wage formation and the economy.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will moderate a panel discussion on monetary policy from a European perspective at a conference arranged by the National Bank of Poland.

Governor Stefan Ingves will discuss the economic situation and current monetary policy at a lunch arranged by Rotary Upplands Väsby.

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 23 October will be published.

Governor Stefan Ingves will discuss developments on the payment market.

Read more about the conference at Dagens industri’s website.

The Riksbank’s new report on payments, Payment habits in Sweden in 2019, will be published at riksbank.se.

The Riksbank's new report, Payment habits in Sweden in 2019, will be presented at a press meeting. Christina Wejshammar, Head of the Payments Department, and Gabriela Guibourg, Head of Division for Analysis and Policy at the Payments Department, will participate at the press meeting.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press meeting.

The press meeting will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss the development of the global economy with former Prime Minister Göran Persson at the event “Alecta Ateljén”.

A press conference with the Chairperson of the General Council Susanne Eberstein, Vice Chairman Michael Lundholm and Anna Breman will be held today at 10.30 am at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11. Press cards must be shown. The press conference will be broadcast live on the Riksbank’s website, www.riksbank.se.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will hold a speech at Örebro University on changes in the national economy and how monetary policy and the Riksbank should respond to these. He will also discuss how the Riksbank can manage significantly weaker economic developments than those we see ahead of us at present.

Deputy Governor Martin Flodén will hold a guest lecture on the Riksbank’s role in the economy at Senioruniversitetet.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will discuss the e-krona and developments on the payment market at the payment mediation conference.

Read more at Finans Norge’s website.

The second Financial Stability Report of the year will be published.

The Riksbank will hold a press conference on financial stability. Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank, and Olof Sandstedt, Head of the Financial Stability Department, will participate in the press conference.

Press cards or the equivalent must be shown to attend the press conference.

The press conference will be held at the Riksbank, Brunkebergstorg 11.

The press conference will be broadcast live on the website, but can also be watched afterwards.

Venue: Riksbanken

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at a breakfast seminar held by the Norrbotten Chamber of Commerce.

Deputy Governor Per Jansson will talk about the economic situation and current monetary policy at a members meeting held by the Association of Swedish Finance Houses.

First Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley will discuss developments on the payment market in Göteborg.

Read more at Finanskompetenscentrum’s website.

Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will participate in a discussion of developments on the payment market at the P27 Nordic Payment Conference.

Sveriges Riksbank, in cooperation with the other Nordic central banks, is organizing the 3rd Annual Cyber in Finance Conference on 28 November 2019 at IVA Conference Center in Stockholm.
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