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The Riksbank’s measures during the financial crisis protected financial stability
06/02/2020 -During the financial crisis, the Riksbank took a number of measures to limit the financial consequences for the Swedish financial system and to protect financial stability. A new Riksbank Study gives a detailed chronological description of the...
The Riksbank to test technical solution for the e-krona
20/02/2020 -The Riksbank is conducting a pilot project with Accenture aimed at developing a proposal for a technical solution for an e-krona. The objective is to create, in an isolated test environment, a digital krona that is simple and user-friendly. The...
Riksbank receives prize for work on e-krona
28/10/2020 -The Riksbank has won Central Banking's CBDC Infrastructure award for its work on the e-krona. This prize is awarded among central banks around the world by the Central Banking Journal and the jury highlighted in particular the fact that the...
Markets functioning better than in the spring
19/11/2020 -The uncertainty linked to the coronavirus pandemic means that risk-taking is declining, according to the results of the autumn Financial Markets Survey. At the same time, more respondents say that the Swedish fixed-income market is functioning...
Efficient vaccination against COVID-19 entails major macroeconomic benefits
17/12/2020 -There are many good reasons not to allow a safe vaccination against COVID-19 to be delayed. Continued spread entails a high burden on the medical system, more people dying and a lot of people suffering. In addition, there are considerable...
False information concerning the sale of e-kronas
07/01/2019 -On certain websites and in social media, false information is circulating claiming that the Riksbank is selling e-kronas.
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...
Proposal for extended business hours for RIX sent out for consultation
04/02/2019 -The Riksbank’s payment services need to be modernised to meet the demands for speed and accessibility. The Riksbank therefore wishes to extend the business hours in its settlement system for large payments (RIX) until 18.00. The Riksbank now...
Press conference on IMF assessment of Swedish economy
19/02/2019 -On Thursday, 21 February, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will complete its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the review of the economic situation that the IMF regularly carries out for each member country,...
Jansson comments on monetary policy decision in connection with minutes of the meeting
19/02/2019 -Deputy Governor Per Jansson was not able to take part in the monetary policy meeting on 12 February. He will provide his views on the monetary policy decision in a separate comment to be published at the same time as the minutes of the monetary...