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.

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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.

Betalningsrådet håller möte på Riksbanken.

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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.

Rapporten "Redogörelse för penningpolitiken 2018" publiceras på Riksbankens webbplats. 

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.

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.

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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.

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

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 3

Deputy Governors Martin Flodén and Henry Ohlsson will visit Visby during Almedalen Week 2019. More information on which seminars they will participate in will be provided shortly.

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

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

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

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

Executive Board meeting, monetary policy meeting no. 6

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 January 2020.

The minutes from the Executive Board's monetary policy discussion on 18 December will be published 8 January 2020.