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The first local office opens
07/02/2018 -To facilitate the handling of cash and loans, the Riksbank opens regional offices in Göteborg and then, just afterwards, in Malmö. ...
Private banks issue their own banknotes
07/02/2018 -Swedish commercial banks start to emerge again, with the first being Skånska Privatbanken in Ystad. The bank had the right to issue banknotes, subject to certain terms. Thirty other banks followed due. ...
Transport bills are introduced
07/02/2018 -The predecessor of our modern money. When a transaction is concluded, the bill is signed over, or transported, to its new owner.
The world's largest coin
07/02/2018 -During the 1630s and 1640s, production in the Falu copper mine increased substantially and to keep up the price of copper it was decided to begin manufacturing large plate coins made of copper. The biggest one weighs 19.7 kg and is the largest...
Kasper Roszbach – new director of research at Norges Bank
17/01/2018 -Kasper Roszbach, Head of the Financial Stability Department, will become new director of research at Norges Bank from the start of August.
Ingves and Flodén at the Riksdag Committee on Finance Hearing on monetary policy
15/01/2018 -Riksbank Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Governor Martin Flodén today visited the Riksdag Committee on Finance for the second hearing of the year on monetary policy.
Economic commentary: A new early warning indicator of financial fragility in Sweden
17/01/2018 -In this economic commentary, the authors propose a new early warning indicator of financial fragility and apply it to the Swedish financial sector. The early warning indicator (EWI) is designed to give a numerical assessment of the build-up of...
New issue of the journal Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
26/03/2018 -The first issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review for 2018 contains articles covering a broad range of central bank issues – from the fundamental tasks of central banks and cooperation with central banks in emerging markets to analyses of...
Copper standard is introduced
30/04/2018 -The first copper coins are minted when Sweden introduces the copper standard in 1624. The reasons for this are the shortage of silver and gold due to the prolonged wars, and a desire to maintain the price of copper, which was Sweden's most...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 25 October 2017
17/01/2018 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 25 October 2017, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent. The first rate increase is expected to be made in the middle of 2018, which is the same assessment...