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Erik Thedéen: Better economic performance thanks to economic policy frameworks
10/10/2024 -"Low and stable inflation, strong public finances with extensive automatic stabilisers, predictable nominal wage increases and a stable financial system – all these elements are needed for a sustainable stable and good development of the Swedish...
Anna Breman: Good prospects for a strong recovery, despite uncertainty in the world around us
19/11/2024 -“The fact that inflation is now low and stable is positive for everyone. Real wages are rising again and household purchasing power will strengthen significantly this year and next. Stronger domestic demand will in turn lead to a stronger labour...
Anna Seim: The Riksbank's new assessment of the long-term neutral interest rate
26/11/2024 -The neutral interest rate is a concept that is central both in research and in the central banking world, and which has begun to be discussed increasingly in Sweden. But what does the term mean and how does the Riksbank view the neutral interest...
Per Jansson: Reassuring inflationary pressures but uncertainty abroad
27/11/2024 -"We have now cut the policy rate four times in six months, by a total of 1.25 percentage points. This has been gradual, but also fairly rapid, and more than in almost all other comparable countries. A lower interest rate strengthens households'...
Aino Bunge: Lower interest rates provide relief but do not solve structural challenges in the housing market
17/10/2024 -“There is more confidence that we have left the period of high inflation behind us. Outcomes and indicators also implies that inflation will remain in line with the target. For this reason we have been able to cut the policy rate gradually but at...
Aino Bunge: Legislation needed to protect the status of cash
21/01/2025 -Cash usage in Sweden has been declining for a long time. The digitalisation of the payments market is occurring worldwide but it has moved faster here than in most other countries. At a seminar in the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) today,...
Erik Thedéen: Charting the course: prudential regulation and supervision for smooth sailing
23/10/2024 -Washington DC...
Erik Thedéen: Buffers should be usable
31/03/2026 -Governor Erik Thedéen wants the banks to be able to use their buffers more easily. This was one of the messages when he gave his views on the banks’ capital requirements in a panel discussion at SNS/Swedish House of Finance. Another was that the...
Sweden lags behind the rest of the Nordics in instant payment services
11/12/2025 -It is not uncommon to have to wait for the money to arrive in your account after returning goods in store or when making a transfer via online banking. Most bank customers in Sweden do not have the possibility to make instant payments to...
Higher growth leads to lower unemployment, but impact depends on labour market structure
28/11/2025 -When GDP rises, unemployment falls, with the strongest effect after about a year. A new analysis of all regions in Sweden for the years 2000-2023 shows that the classic so-called Okun’s law also applies at regional level. However, the analysis...