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Logotype for e-krona pilot test work
18/10/2021 -The Riksbank started a pilot project in 2019 to produce a proposal for a technical solution for an e-krona. Since then, the e-krona pilot has conducted development and testing work in a limited technical environment. The Riksbank has now produced...
Henrik Jönsson new acting Head of Corporate Services Department
09/09/2021 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to appoint Henrik Jönsson as acting Head of the Corporate Services Department. Henrik is currently Head of the Secretariat of the Executive Board within the Riksbank’s General Secretariat. He will...
The Riksbank today starts publishing average rates and an index for SWESTR
01/10/2021 -From today, the Riksbank will provide average rates and an index for SWESTR. The average rates can be used in new financial contracts and can also act as an alternative interest rate to be used in the event of STIBOR (Stockholm Interbank Offered...
David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for 2021
11/10/2021 -The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2021 (the Nobel Prize in Economics) to David Card for his empirical contributions to labour economics and...
No significant increase in financially vulnerable firms during the first year of the pandemic
28/10/2021 -The total number of financially vulnerable firms did not increase significantly during the first year of the pandemic compared to 2019. This is shown in a new study by Cristina Cella of the Riksbank's Financial Stability Department. However,...
The General Council of the Riksbank makes an extended review
12/11/2021 -At its ordinary meeting today, the General Council of the Riksbank decided on an extended review of whether members of the Executive Board have violated any rules of conduct in connection with the Riksbank's drafting or decision-making on...
IMF to assess financial stability in Sweden
19/11/2021 -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will conduct a review of the financial sector and the work of the authorities on financial stability, a so-called FSAP (Financial Sector Assessment Program) in 2022. FSAPs are conducted regularly for...
Account of monetary policy in 2019 – return to more normal economic activity and zero interest rate
02/04/2020 -In December the Riksbank raised the repo rate from –0.25 to zero per cent, leaving behind the negative interest rate and could note that the expansionary monetary policy with a negative interest rate and asset purchases had contributed to Sweden...
Slowdown in foreign trade worrying for Swedish economy
22/05/2020 -Global trade has increased rapidly since the early 1990s, thanks to technological developments and increasingly liberal trade regulations. But, after the great recession of 2008–2009, this development has come to a halt. A return to a global...
How the Riksbank creates money in times of crisis
11/06/2020 -The Riksbank and other central banks around the world have implemented extensive measures to alleviate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. Many of the measures involve creating large volumes of new money. But how is...