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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...
All banks should be obliged to handle cash
22/10/2018 -The Riksbank mainly welcomes the Riksbank Committee’s proposal to impose an obligation on most major banks to offer access to cash services throughout Sweden. But the Riksbank wishes to go a step further. “It is our opinion that all banks and...
Most referral bodies positive to the Riksbank’s e-krona investigation
20/03/2019 -Many of the authorities and organisations that have submitted comments on the Riksbank’s second interim report into the e-krona are positive to the investigation into the conditions for introducing an e-krona. But some referral bodies also point...
Swedish Bankers’ Association forms working group for alternative to Stibor
04/12/2018 -Around the world there are currently various projects to produce complements and/or alternatives to the current reference rates for financial contracts, partly because these provide a poor reflection of the actual interbank transactions. The...
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...
Eberstein continues as Chairperson of the General Council
21/11/2018 -At the inaugural meeting of the Riksbank's General Council, held today, Susanne Eberstein and Michael Lundholm were re-elected as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the General Council. The General Council of the Riksbank consists of eleven...
New issue of the journal Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
17/09/2018 -2018’s second edition of the Economic Review covers both broad and more specific issues relevant to the Riksbank. Two articles have been written by former and current advisers to the Riksbank and discuss the Riksbank’s 350-year history and the...
More global companies can subdue the effects of the krona exchange rate on exports
13/09/2018 -A krona depreciation is expected to lead to increased exports. But as Swedish companies have become increasingly integrated in global production networks over the last 30 years, the krona exchange rate may have less of an effect on exports. This...
Nordea’s relocation increases stability risks in the short term
04/06/2018 -Nordea plans to relocate its parent company to Finland and thereby to the European banking union. It is the Riksbank’s assessment that a relocation slightly increases the risks to financial stability in the short term. The Riksbank therefore...
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...