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Riksbank to start selling government bonds on 4 April
13/03/2023 -On 8 February 2023, the Executive Board decided that the Riksbank should offer to sell the Riksbank’s holdings of Swedish government bonds. The aim of this is to tighten monetary policy and thus safeguard the inflation target.
Mattias Erlandsson Acting Head of the Monetary Policy Department
06/03/2023 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Mattias Erlandsson as Acting Head of the Monetary Policy Department after Jesper Hansson, who is leaving the Riksbank to take up a new position at Swedbank. Mattias currently works as a Deputy...
Consultation on SWESTR
15/02/2023 -The transaction-based reference rate SWESTR can be published at 09.00 CET every Swedish banking day in the future, and the information published regarding the SWESTR transaction dataset can be increased. These are the Riksbank’s proposals in a...
Riksbank publishes the IMF’s report on Sweden’s economy
27/01/2023 -A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completes its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the regular consultations that the IMF has with its member countries, the so-called Article IV consultations. In...
ESRB issues a recommendation on vulnerabilities in the commercial real estate sector
25/01/2023 -The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), the EU’s macroprudential overseer, has issued a general recommendation on risks linked to vulnerabilities in the commercial real estate (CRE) markets in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The...
SEK 5 billion reversed from previous risk provisions to the financial result for 2022
11/01/2023 -The Riksbank is expected to report an unrealised loss for 2022, and the Executive Board has thus decided to reverse previous financial risk provisions of SEK 5 billion to the result for the 2022 financial year. The preliminary reported result...
Erik Thedéen takes over today as Governor of the Riksbank
02/01/2023 -In June, the General Council of the Riksbank appointed Erik Thedéen as the new Governor of the Riksbank for a term of six years Today Erik Thedéen begins his new position at the Riksbank. He succeeds former Governor Stefan Ingves, whose term of...
How much is inflation affected by monetary policy?
20/12/2022 -Since 2021, inflation has risen and monetary policy has been tightened in many countries, as a result of central banks having both increased their policy rates and reduced their holdings of financial assets. These are significant changes in...
Covered bond purchases had some effect on mortgage rates
19/12/2022 -The Riksbank’s purchases of covered bonds during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a fall in mortgage rates. The purchases had the fastest and largest effect on mortgage rates with a fixation period of between one and two years. These are...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
16/12/2022 -This issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review contains articles on topics that span a broad field. The first three articles deal with payments, from different perspectives. This is followed by anarticle giving a historical perspective on...