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The Riksbank’s Business Survey: Costs accelerating, economy slowing down
02/11/2022 -Economic activity remains good. But there are now more and more signs that demand is beginning to decline. This is reported by the major Swedish companies in the Riksbank's Business Survey. Companies' costs have continued to increase and prices...
Erik Thedéen appointed new Riksbank Governor
17/06/2022 -The General Council of the Riksbank decided today to appoint Erik Thedéen as new Governor of the Riksbank. Mr Thedéen succeeds Stefan Ingves, who leaves the Riksbank at the end of the year.
Stefan Ingves leaves the Riksbank at the end of the year
17/06/2022 -After 17 years as Governor of the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves will leave the bank when his term of office expires on 31 December 2022.
The threats to financial stability have increased
24/05/2022 -Inflation has risen rapidly in many countries, which is partly due to the aftermath of the pandemic in the form of disruptions in global supply chains and rising energy and commodity prices. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and lockdowns in China...
Riksbank launches service for instant payments
23/05/2022 -Today the RIX-INST service is launched, which means that payments between banks can be made in real time 24 hours a day and 365 days a year in central bank money. The Riksbank is thus offering the banks a secure and cost-effective payment system...
Repo rate raised to 0.25 per cent
28/04/2022 -Inflation has risen to the highest level since the 1990s and will be high for some time. To counteract the high inflation from becoming entrenched in price and wage-setting, the Executive Board has decided to raise the repo rate from zero to...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 9 February 2022
21/02/2022 -Monetary policy needs to give continued support for inflation to be close to the inflation target in the medium term. At its monetary policy meeting on 9 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank therefore decided to keep the repo rate...
Self-financing of foreign exchange reserves to be completed earlier
03/02/2022 -As of 7 February, the Riksbank is increasing the rate of purchases of foreign cur-rency aimed at replacing the external financing of the foreign exchange reserves. The purchases will be completed by 31 December 2022, instead of 31 December 2023.
Strong recovery, but the vulnerabilities in the financial system are growing
10/11/2021 -The economic recovery in Sweden and abroad has been strong but some slowdown in growth is expected going forward. The Swedish financial system is working well, credit supply has been maintained and important financial markets are functioning...
Pandemic accelerating digitalisation of the payment market
03/11/2021 -Developments on the payment market are very rapid and have been given an extra boost by the pandemic. Sweden has long stood out as a country with low cash usage and high use of cards and digital payment solutions, but now the trend is also...