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The Riksbank's losses do not reflect the socio-economic results
14/12/2022 -“The asset purchases made by the Riksbank during the most acute phase of the pandemic contributed to a rapid recovery of the economy and to the avoidance of a prolonged recession. The value of this was considerable.” These comments were made by...
Ohlsson: Swedes have hidden wealth
12/04/2021 -When asset prices rise, wealth distribution becomes more uneven as the assets are not evenly distributed among households. But there is hidden wealth in Sweden that mitigates these effects – in the collective pension funds. These were the words...
Riksbank begins cooperation with external participants in e-krona pilot
28/05/2021 -During the next phase of the e-krona pilot, the Riksbank will test the technical solution for the e-krona together with Handelsbanken and TietoEVRY. The e-krona pilot is therefore moving on from only having simulated participants to cooperation...
Account of Monetary Policy 2017 – Good target attainment and more accurate forecasts
28/03/2018 -Inflation back on target during 2017 The Riksbank has over several years conducted a very expansionary monetary policy to maintain confidence in the inflation target. This policy has, together with increasingly strong developments abroad,...
New Memorandum of Understanding for financial stability in the Nordic and Baltic countries
09/02/2018 -The Swedish Ministry of Finance, the Riksbank, Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and the Swedish National Debt Office in its role as resolution authority, have produced, together with their equivalents in Denmark,...
The negative policy rate – how has it affected market rates?
22/01/2019 -The negative policy rate has had a strong pass-through to bond market yields and lending rates to firms. Lending rates to households have also fallen, although the initial pass-through was weaker. To sum up, negative policy rates have contributed...
Reduced use of cash natural consequence of digitalisation
14/05/2018 -Cash usage is declining rapidly in Sweden. This appears to be driven by decreasing demand. Quite simply, the general public prefers electronic payments such as debit cards and Swish. In a new Economic Commentary, the authors argue that this is a...
Riksbank begins prestudy regarding TIPS
06/12/2018 -The ECB's technical platform for instant payment settlement, TIPS, may be an interesting solution for the Swedish market. This was the response of the market participants and other stakeholders who have replied to the Riksbank's consultation on...
Ingves, Jansson and Skingsley to participate in IMF Spring Meeting
12/04/2019 -On 12-14 April, the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank will take place in Washington D.C. The Swedish delegation will include Governor of the Riksbank Stefan Ingves, Deputy Governor Per Jansson, Deputy...
Swedish banknotes will not be printed in Malta
18/05/2018 -Crane AB, which prints Swedish banknotes, has announced that it will be winding up the banknote printing works in Tumba and will instead continue its operations in Malta. The Riksbank's agreement with Crane AB states that Swedish banknotes will...