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The Swedish retail payments council on payments in a crisis
16/10/2018 -If the communication between a bank and a shop does not work, it is in some cases nevertheless possible to shop using a bank card. This possibility for so-called off-line payments differs between cards, however. Withdrawing cash from an ATM in a...
Sharp rise in number of borrowers among older people
20/03/2018 -The average debt-to-income ratio of households increased from 289 to 311 per cent between 2010 and 2016. During the same period, the median debt-to-income ratio rose from 221 to 258 per cent. The number of people aged around 35 who borrow – the...
Bitcoin is not money
14/03/2018 -Crypto-assets or cryptocurrencies are not the same thing as money. This is because these assets lack an official issuer and because at present they do not meet the conditions required of an efficient means of payment. For instance, crypto-assets...
Welcome to the new riksbank.se!
01/02/2018 -We are now launching our new website, with a new appearance, updated contents and a flexible technical platform. The aim is that the website will be easy to use and you can quickly find what you are seeking.
The Riksbank wants to extend the operating hours for RIX
27/04/2018 -The Riksbank's payment services need to be modernised to meet the demands for speed and accessibility. For this reason the Riksbank wishes to extend the operating hours in the Riksbank's settlement system for large-value payments (RIX) and is...
Ingves and Jansson to participate in IMF spring meeting
20/04/2018 -On 16-22 April, the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank will take place in Washington D.C. The Swedish delegation will include Governor of the Riksbank Stefan Ingves, Deputy Governor Per Jansson, Finance...
The banknote and coin changeover has worked well on the whole
17/05/2018 -The Riksbank’s evaluation of the changeover of banknotes and coins in shows that cash market participants consider the changeover to have worked well on the whole, even though the coin changeover was demanding.
What does an increased share of products with low import content mean for inflation?
01/07/2024 -In a new Economic Commentary by Bengt Petersson, the author shows that an increased share of the product category with a low import content in the CPIF over time may have contributed to inflation remaining at a high level for longer than it...
Inflation dynamics in the high inflation period
04/07/2024 -It is primarily the frequency of price changes that explains changes in aggregate consumer price inflation, write Mathias Klein, Klara Strömberg and Oskar Tysklind in a new Economic Commentary. The results are particularly clear for the recent...
The impact of the exchange rate on consumer prices in Sweden
28/06/2024 -The krona's fluctuation against the US dollar may have a lower impact on consumer prices than the krona's fluctuation against the euro. This is shown by authors Stefania Mammos and Dmytro Stoyko in a new Economic Commentary that examines how...