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The Riksbank is procuring suppliers to develop proposals for an e-krona
03/06/2019 -The Riksbank has started the work of developing solutions for a possible future e-krona and is now procuring a supplier for support in this work. The intention is for the Riksbank, in collaboration with the supplier, to work out proposals for how...
Fiscal policy from a monetary policy perspective
27/05/2019 -The low global interest rates have reduced the scope for monetary policy to stimulate the economy, but at the same time may have increased the scope for fiscal policy action. This has brought the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy...
How housing developers’ business models and accounting methods work
21/05/2019 -Following a long period of rising housing prices, we are now seeing increased uncertainty on the housing market in general, and especially the new build market. This leads to the need for a better understanding of the housing developers’...
EU banking package sets new requirements for Swedish banks
20/05/2019 -The banking package is the collective name for several coming changes to the European regulations that must be observed by banks wishing to operate in the EU. The aim of the package is to strengthen the banking sector’s resilience to financial...
Need for new statistics on household assets and liabilities
14/05/2019 -The Riksbank would like to see a committee of experts review how new statistics on households’ assets and liabilities can be gathered. These statistics would improve the scope for the Riksbank and Finansinspektionen to maintain stability in the...
Hearing of the Riksdag Committee on Finance on monetary policy 2018
02/05/2019 -On Thursday, the entire Executive Board of the Riksbank took part in an open hearing of the Riksdag Committee on Finance on the report Account of Monetary Policy 2018. The report forms part of the material for the annual assessment of monetary...
The Riksbank supports the proposal for LCR requirements in individual currencies
10/04/2019 -The Riksbank has long considered that the Swedish banks should face Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requirements in both Swedish krona and other significant currencies. It is therefore good that Finansinspektionen is proposing LCR requirements...
Extended opening hours for RIX
08/04/2019 -The Riksbank is extending the opening hours for the Riksbank's settlement system for large payments (RIX) until 18.00 hours, with effect from 14 October 2019. Extended opening hours are a step towards modernising the Riksbank's payment services...
Funding of this year’s transfer of profits to the Treasury
28/03/2019 -The Riksbank is funding this year’s transfer of profits to the Treasury of SEK 3.8 billion in the same way as in recent years: by increasing the supply of Riksbank money with the same amount in the form of Riksbank Certificates and fine-tuning...
Ingves: Inflation target and floating exchange rate have worked well in Sweden
27/03/2019 -There is lively discussion about the weak krona. Why is the Riksbank not doing something about the exchange rate? Are Swedes getting poorer? These issues and a few more are discussed by Stefan Ingves in an article in the Swedish daily Dagens...