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All banks should be obliged to handle cash
22/10/2018 -The Riksbank mainly welcomes the Riksbank Committee’s proposal to impose an obligation on most major banks to offer access to cash services throughout Sweden. But the Riksbank wishes to go a step further. “It is our opinion that all banks and...
Fiscal policy from a monetary policy perspective
27/05/2019 -The low global interest rates have reduced the scope for monetary policy to stimulate the economy, but at the same time may have increased the scope for fiscal policy action. This has brought the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy...
Repo rate unchanged at −0.25 per cent
05/09/2019 -After several years of high growth, the Swedish economy, similar to economies abroad, has entered a calmer phase. Since the beginning of 2017, inflation has been close to the target of 2 per cent. Even though economic activity has slowed down a...
Kerstin af Jochnick participates in the monetary policy meeting in September
30/08/2019 -Kerstin af Jochnick will leave her post at the Riksbank on 30 September, as agreed by the General Council of the Riksbank at today’s meeting. This means that af Jochnick will participate in the monetary policy meeting on 4 September. The General...
Technological change has not lead to fewer jobs
02/10/2019 -Technological change means that some jobs disappear. At the same time, however, new jobs are usually also created. The Economic Commentary “Technological change and the labour market” shows that total employment has not fallen due to new...
More common to pay by mobile phone app (Swish)
07/11/2019 -Payments in the form of instant account-to-account transfers are increasing sharply. For this type of payment to be able to continue to grow, the infrastructure for payments needs to be modernised. Swish is the most common form of instant payment...
Digitalisation makes payments more efficient
07/11/2019 -Digital payments are cheaper to execute than cash payments. An increasing proportion of digital payments thus contributes towards falling costs to society for payments. At the same time, the cost for each payment using cash increases as cash...
Repo rate unchanged at −0.25 per cent
25/04/2019 -Activity in the Swedish economy is high and inflation is close to the target of 2 per cent. The strong economic activity in Sweden indicates that inflation will remain close to target going forward but recent outcomes suggest that inflationary...
Strengthened preparedness in the financial sector
07/11/2019 -The Government has decided to resume Sweden’s total defence, which is to say all activities needed to prepare Sweden for war. The financial sector thus needs to further develop its crisis preparedness to be able to manage a situation of a...