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Anna Breman: We need to continue to act to bring inflation back to the target
09/06/2022 -"Inflation is too high, it is too broad and it is hurting households and firms. The mandate we have been given by the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) is to maintain price stability. For inflation to be low and stable again, we need to gradually...
Cecilia Skingsley: High inflation and a rising repo rate – what happens to the Riksbank's balance sheet?
06/05/2022 -"The relatively short maturity on the Riksbank's asset holdings means that the majority will mature within three years, if the Executive Board chooses to conclude its reinvestment programme. In my opinion, this makes it unlikely that the...
Governor Ingves at the Riksdag Committee on Finance: Hearing on financial stability
01/02/2022 -"The economic vulnerabilities have become even greater during the pandemic.” Riksbank Governor Stefan Ingves said today when he participated in the annual open hearing of the Riksdag Committee on Finance, which dealt with vulnerabilities in the...
Skingsley on developments in the summer: Strong recovery with weak inflationary pressures
31/08/2021 -“We have had a high pressure summer not only with regard to weather, but also the economy.” This comment was made by First Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley when she opened Danske Bank’s Group Treasurer seminar with a summary of economic...
Ohlsson: Swedes have hidden wealth
12/04/2021 -When asset prices rise, wealth distribution becomes more uneven as the assets are not evenly distributed among households. But there is hidden wealth in Sweden that mitigates these effects – in the collective pension funds. These were the words...
Breman: Monetary policy after corona – we need to think along new lines
23/02/2021 -“The pandemic and its economic consequences have made it perfectly clear that we cannot predict what the next economic crisis will look like – neither when it comes to what will trigger it nor what type of monetary policy response it may need.”...
A Riksbank equipped for the future
08/12/2020 -“Our focus has been on keeping interest rates low and ensuring that there is good access to liquidity. We have wanted to provide the economy with the best conditions possible to recover after the coronavirus pandemic and, as usual, to get...
Skingsley: The economic situation and current monetary policy
03/09/2020 -“Following such a deep crisis, it seems reasonable to expect that it may take some time for inflation to return to the inflation target, both here and abroad. But this is not the same thing as saying we are abandoning the inflation target. The...
Erik Thedéen: “Large-scale asset purchases can impair the functioning of the market and involve risks to independence”
04/06/2026 -“Today, we are more aware of the limitations and side effects of central bank asset purchases. This suggests that the Riksbank should exercise greater patience before considering quantitative easing when the policy rate has reached its lower...