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Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 16 April 2020
17/04/2020 -In light of the effects of the coronavirus on the financial markets, representatives of the Government, Finansinspektionen (the financial supervisory authority), the Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 16 April.
Terms and conditions for the Riksbank's purchases of bonds issued by municipalities, regions and Kommuninvest
24/04/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 21 April 2020 to purchase by Swedish municipalities and regions and by Kommuninvest i Sweden AB for a nominal amount of SEK 15 billion during the period 27 April up to and including 30 June 2020. The Riksbank has now...
Publication of new reference rate postponed
12/05/2020 -The Riksbank has earlier notified that it will start to calculate and publish a new reference rate for the shortest maturity (overnight) in Swedish kronor. As a result of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the Swedish economy and Swedish...
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...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 5 June 2020
12/06/2020 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 5 June to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
The functioning of the fixed-income market has deteriorated due to the coronavirus pandemic
16/06/2020 -The functioning of the Swedish fixed-income market is considered to have deteriorated, compared with last autumn, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is revealed by the Riksbank's Financial markets survey, which was carried out in April and...
Riksbank gives loan to IMF for lending to low-income countries
16/06/2020 -The Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) has given its approval to the Riksbank lending around SEK 6.9 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for onward lending to low-income countries as part of the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
18/06/2020 -The second issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review in 2020 has a special theme, namely central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the e-krona. Regular readers of the Economic Review may remember that there was a theme issue on the e-krona in...
Riksbank uses external consultant for continued analysis work
01/07/2020 -In mid-March, the Riksbank decided to purchase commercial paper and corporate bonds within the scope of the crisis measures taken to alleviate the consequences of the corona pandemic on the Swedish economy. The purchases aim to hold back...