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Terms and conditions for the Riksbank’s programme of onward lending to non-financial corporations
16/03/2020 -On 12 March, the Riksbank decided to lend up to SEK 500 billion to monetary policy counterparties in order to increase their lending to non-financial corporations.
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...
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...
Nordic-Baltic countries engage the IMF to conduct an analysis of cross-border money laundering and terrorist financing risks in the region
21/01/2021 -The eight countries of the Nordic-Baltic Constituency of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have taken the initiative to engage the IMF to conduct a regional analysis of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) threats and...
The Riksbank wants to use the Eurosystem’s T2 and TARGET2-Securities platforms
23/09/2021 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided that the preferred direction going forward is to use the Eurosystem’s platforms for settlement of payments and for securities settlement, T2 and TARGET2-Securities (T2S), respectively, for payments...
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...
The Riksbank reports the carbon footprint for its holdings of corporate bonds
31/03/2021 -The Riksbank is now taking a first step towards reporting its own climate-related risks on the Riksbank’s balance sheet. By calculating and reporting the carbon footprint of the corporate bond holdings, the Riksbank wishes to help promote...
The Riksbank intends to publish average rates and an index for SWESTR
16/04/2021 -During the third quarter of 2021, the Riksbank intends to start calculating and publishing backward-looking averages of and an index for the Riksbank’s SWESTR reference rate (Swedish krona Short-Term Rate). Average rates can be used in new...
Globalised world requires harmonisation of the payment and securities market
21/05/2021 -In a constantly changing world, small markets like Sweden should not be left outside the larger markets. Sweden must therefore continue to harmonise with European standards allowing Swedish companies and consumers to a greater extent benefit...