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Increased transparency over the Riksbank’s corporate bond purchases
06/11/2020 -The Riksbank is to publish a list of the companies having outstanding bonds that the Riksbank may purchase under its programme for extended purchases of securities.
Money and legislation need to be adapted to digitalisation
15/10/2020 -The Riksbank has the task of ensuring that payments can be made safely and efficiently and that the krona retains its value. For this to be possible, cash needs to be both protected and supplemented with a digital alternative. The right...
BIS innovation hub requires amendment to the Sveriges Riksbank Act
06/03/2020 -The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has recently started to establish innovation hubs at selected sites around the world. The aim is to analyse technical financial innovations more closely. An amendment to the Sveriges Riksbank Act is...
Rising sea levels increase the risk to housing
03/11/2020 -Climate change will cause sea levels to rise. Housing located close to Sweden’s coastline will then become more vulnerable to extreme weather and flooding. This could, in turn, have consequences for financial stability.
Market for green bonds in Sweden growing rapidly
15/12/2020 -In recent years, the market for green bonds has grown significantly and in Sweden the market is large, in an international perspective. It is therefore important, from a financial stability perspective, that the Riksbank should understand and...
Strategy for the Riksbank’s sustainability work
17/12/2020 -The Riksbank works both to strengthen sustainability in its internal operations and to adjust policy work to more sustainable development. This is shown by the Riksbank's new sustainability strategy.
Government inquiry into the digital payment market
07/11/2019 -The Riksbank has submitted a proposal to the Riksdag to review the state’s role on the digital payment market. The Riksbank proposes a committee be appointed to investigate whether the Riksbank should have the possibility to issue an e-krona and...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 19 December 2018
09/01/2019 -At the monetary policy meeting on 19 December 2018, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to raise the repo rate by 0.25 percentage points to –0.25 per cent. The forecast for the repo rate indicates that the next rate rise will probably...
Governor Stefan Ingves elected First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board
19/12/2019 -Governor Stefan Ingves has been appointed First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), the EU’s macro-prudential overseer, which is chaired by ECB’s President Christine Lagarde. He was elected by the General Council of the ECB...
Statement regarding Nordic-Baltic financial crisis simulation, January 2019
31/01/2019 -The Nordic and Baltic financial stability authorities have conducted a joint financial crisis management exercise. The exercise was held from 22 to 23 January 2019 and involved 31 authorities from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia,...