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A Riksbank employee has tested positive for the coronavirus
09/03/2020 -An employee of the Riksbank who has holidayed in northern Italy tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday. This person has worked from home since they arrived back in Sweden last Saturday, in line with the Riksbank's recommendations to its...
Ulf Söderström new Head of the Research Division at the Riksbank
14/10/2019 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Ulf Söderström as new Head of the Research Division after Jesper Lindé, who has taken up the position of advisor at the International Monetary Fund.
Conversations with Economics Nobel laureates in new podcast
30/01/2020 -In a new podcast launched today, you can listen to conversations with some of the past winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Banking Union inquiry complete
09/12/2019 -The inquiry into potential Swedish participation in the European Banking Union was today submitted to Minister for Financial Markets Per Bolund.
Staff Memo: Appropriate capital ratios in major Swedish banks – new perspectives
17/01/2018 -The authors of a new Staff Memo present new calculations showing that higher capital ratios for the major Swedish banks could be justified because the social benefit be expected to outweigh the social cost. These calculations indicate that an...
Big data project may provide better inflation forecasts
15/01/2018 -In a pilot project, three economists at the Riksbank have collected prices for fruit and vegetables from the Internet using so-called web scraping. The results indicate that the method may provide more accurate inflation forecasts over the short...
Proposal from the Ministry of Finance for more macroprudential policy tools
17/01/2018 -The Riksbank welcomes the Ministry of Finance’s proposal regarding further tools for macroprudential policy. It is important that the Government and the Riksdag quickly clarify the mandate for Finansinspektionen to take measures so that...
Large regional variations in household indebtedness
15/01/2018 -A new economic commentary describes the variation in indebtedness across Sweden. It shows that households in metropolitan areas are the most indebted while the average loan-to-value ratio for house-owners is lowest in these areas.
Good atmosphere at the Riksbank
17/01/2018 -Riksbank employees feel there is a good atmosphere at the bank and give their managers high marks. This is revealed in the latest employee survey.
Riksbank Study: Evaluation of the Riksbank's forecasts
17/01/2018 -The Riksbank and other forecasters have, on average, overestimated GDP growth and inflationary pressures in Sweden over the past 10 years. The accuracy of the Riksbank’s forecasts for CPIF inflation has been in line with the average among all...