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Mortgage rates can change without the Riksbank adjusting the policy rate
25/09/2020 -Mortgage rates for Swedish households co-vary with the Riksbank’s repo rate, but are also dependant on several other factors. One of these is how Swedish banks are funded and how the cost of their funding develops. In a new Economic Commentary,...
Real-time data provides information support during rapid cyclical turnarounds
03/06/2020 -Sudden cyclical fluctuations, such as those of recent months, mean that the Riksbank needs information more rapidly and more frequently than many traditional statistical products can provide. To gain a quick oversight of how the coronavirus...
Redeem your invalid banknotes now – the fee will be raised from 1 October 2020
18/09/2020 -It is now three years since the banknote and coin changeover was completed, but there are still invalid banknotes missing to a value of SEK 5.5 billion. These are banknotes that became invalid during the changeover in 2015-2017. Take the...
Riksbank uses external consultant for analysis work
15/05/2020 -To keep monetary policy expansionary and provide support to the economy, the Executive Board decided on 19 March to purchase, within the scope of the Riksbank’s bond purchase programme, bonds and certificates issued by Swedish...
IMF on the economic effects of the coronavirus in Sweden
05/06/2020 -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) describes how the Swedish economy has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in light of Sweden’s strategy, which is based more on recommendations and social responsibility than on legal obligations. The...
Calendar updated for first half of 2021
16/07/2020 -The Riksbank's calender has been updated with the dates of the Executive Board meetings and the dates on which the Monetary Policy Reports, the minutes of the monetary policy meetings and the Financial Stability Reports will be published during...
New issue of the journal Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
17/09/2018 -2018’s second edition of the Economic Review covers both broad and more specific issues relevant to the Riksbank. Two articles have been written by former and current advisers to the Riksbank and discuss the Riksbank’s 350-year history and the...
Next step: a technical solution for the e-krona
26/10/2018 -“The next step in the Riksbank's work on the e-krona should be to build an e-krona to learn more and test which solutions are viable and possible to realise,” says Eva Julin, project manager of the Riksbank's e-krona project. A technical...
The major banks Pillar 1 requirements will increase
30/10/2018 -The major Swedish banks have for a long time now needed to meet several different types of capital requirement. They are often divided up into so-called Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 requirements. Finansinspektionen has recently decided to move the...
All banks should be obliged to handle cash
22/10/2018 -The Riksbank mainly welcomes the Riksbank Committee’s proposal to impose an obligation on most major banks to offer access to cash services throughout Sweden. But the Riksbank wishes to go a step further. “It is our opinion that all banks and...