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Account of Monetary Policy in 2024: Inflation on target
28/03/2025 -The Riksbank's interest rate hikes in 2022-2023 helped bring inflation back down and it was close to the target throughout 2024. Annual average CPIF inflation was 1.9 per cent and long-term inflation expectations were stable at 2 per cent. The...
The Riksbank’s Financial Markets Survey: The Swedish fixed-income and foreign exchange markets are functioning well
07/04/2025 -A majority of respondents consider that the Swedish fixed-income and foreign exchange markets are functioning well. The majority of respondents also state that their risk-taking has increased over the past six months, but at the same time most...
Press conference on the IMF’s assessment of the Swedish economy
04/02/2025 -News On Wednesday 5 February, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will conclude its visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the regular consultations that the IMF has with its member countries, the so-called Article IV...
Energy price shocks had profound effects on Sweden's consumption patterns
23/04/2025 -In recent years, spending by individuals in Sweden has fluctuated a lot. Since 2022 these fluctuations can be linked to the large shock in the price of energy that followed cuts in the inflow of energy from Russia to Europe in the aftermath of...
The Riksbank's response to the consultation "From surplus target to balance target"
25/02/2025 -Stable public finances are a prerequisite for being able to respond to crises and are important for maintaining confidence in the inflation target. A balance target is not expected to affect the conditions for monetary policy.
The countercyclical capital buffer should remain unchanged at 2 per cent
10/04/2025 -The Riksbank considers that the countercyclical buffer rate should remain unchanged at its positive neutral level of 2 per cent for the second quarter of 2025. In Sweden, Finansinspektionen is responsible for the countercyclical capital buffer...
More agents can apply to become RIX participants
09/04/2025 -As of today, 9 April, payment institutions and e-money institutions can apply to become participants in the Riksbank's settlement system, RIX.
Climate-related transition risks must be given priority
08/04/2022 -The data and methods available for measuring climate-related transition risks are under development. There is a lot of work going on in this area, in the banks and in organisations at national and international level, but it is important that...
New liquidity metric indicates higher liquidity risks
09/05/2022 -The Riksbank's new liquidity metric Deposit Loss Capacity (DLC) shows that there are major banks in Sweden which, during certain periods, have demonstrated clearly higher liquidity risks than the other major banks, which is not fully reflected...
New report from the e-krona pilot project
06/04/2022 -It should be possible to integrate an e-krona into banks’ and payment service providers’ own existing systems. This is the conclusion of the Riksbank after testing a technical solution for a potential e-krona. The results are summarised in a new...