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Challenges to financial stability
09/11/2022 -Inflation is high and the central banks have therefore tightened monetary policy swiftly. One important reason for the strong rise in inflation is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has also caused major disturbances in the energy market in...
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...
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...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “As soon as you find one component, you realise you’re missing another”
22/10/2021 -Economic activity has continued to strengthen for major Swedish companies since the spring due to strong domestic and global demand. At the same time, there are major disruptions in output and deliveries, which are increasing costs and the need...
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...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 28 June 2023
10/07/2023 -For inflation to return to the target of 2 per cent within a reasonable period of time, the Executive Board decided to raise the Riksbank’s policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75 per cent. The forecast for the policy rate is that it will...
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...
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.
Per Jansson’s mandate extended by six years
20/08/2021 -The General Council of the Riksbank has decided to extend Deputy Governor Per Jansson’s mandate as Executive Board member for six years as from 1 Janu-ary 2022. Per Jansson’s mandate will therefore run until 31 December 2027.
Repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent
14/01/2018 -Economic activity is strong and inflation is close to the target of 2 per cent. Monetary policy needs to remain expansionary for inflation to continue to be close to 2 per cent. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold...