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The Riksbank extends its loan commitments to the IMF
22/10/2020 -On 21 October, the Riksdag approved the Riksbank’s extension and renewal of two of its loan agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The new agreements mean that the Riksbank will continue to contribute to maintaining the IMF’s...
Market for green bonds in Sweden growing rapidly
15/12/2020 -In recent years, the market for green bonds has grown significantly and in Sweden the market is large, in an international perspective. It is therefore important, from a financial stability perspective, that the Riksbank should understand and...
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for 2020
12/10/2020 -The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2020 (the Nobel Prize in Economics) to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, Stanford University, USA. They...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 4 December 2020
11/12/2020 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 4 December to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
Climate-related risks need to be identified and managed
25/01/2023 -Climate change and the transition to a sustainable economy can affect price stability and economic development and threaten financial stability. The new Sveriges Riksbank Act now tasks the Riksbank to identify threats to sustainable development...
Shortage of liquidity creates difficult situations for pension managers
30/01/2023 -In September 2022, long-term UK interest rates rose sharply as the result of an unfunded budget proposal from the country’s government. This led to a liquidity crisis in many UK pension funds due to their management strategy. In a new Staff...
Erik Thedéen at the Committee on Finance: High inflation and rising interest rates are testing the resilience of the Swedish financial system
31/01/2023 -“After many years of low inflation and very low interest rates, increasing asset prices and rising indebtedness, it is uncertain how economic agents can cope with a rapid rise in inflation and interest rates.” These were the words of Erik...
Project Icebreaker proposes a new architecture for cross-border retail CBDCs
06/03/2023 -The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have concluded Project Icebreaker, which studied the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in...
Anna Breman in Falkenberg: Inflation needs to become low and stable again
08/03/2023 -High inflation affects everyone. But the higher inflation is, the greater the differences are between households. A typical family with children currently faces inflation of around 17 per cent, compared to the average of around 12 per cent,...
Banks can improve the way they measure liquidity risks
13/02/2023 -A new Economic Commentary describes how a supplementary liquidity metric, based on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), can be calculated to take account of the additional liquidity need required for banks to be able to cope throughout the entire...