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Press invitation, The Riksbank's anniversary conference 25 May – central banks in the past, present and future
04/05/2018 -This year Sveriges Riksbank celebrates its 350th anniversary. The Riksbank and the Riksdag are therefore organising an anniversary conference on the theme “Central banks in the past, present and future”. The hosts are the Speaker of the Riksdag...
The banknote and coin changeover has worked well on the whole
17/05/2018 -The Riksbank’s evaluation of the changeover of banknotes and coins in shows that cash market participants consider the changeover to have worked well on the whole, even though the coin changeover was demanding.
The discount rate is used for the first time
07/02/2018 -Banking firm Barings Brothers triggers an international financial crisis after failed speculations. For the first time, the Riksbank uses the policy rate of the time, the discount rate, to cool down the strong demand for foreign currency.
Nordea’s relocation increases stability risks in the short term
04/06/2018 -Nordea plans to relocate its parent company to Finland and thereby to the European banking union. It is the Riksbank’s assessment that a relocation slightly increases the risks to financial stability in the short term. The Riksbank therefore...
Consultation on Instant payments and the Riksbank’s role in the payment infrastructure
05/06/2018 -An infrastructure for the settlement of instant payments will become an increasingly important element of the payment landscape. The Riksbank therefore invites participants in the RIX system, and other interested parties, to give their views on...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 2 July 2018
12/07/2018 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 2 July 2018, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate at −0.50 per cent. The forecast for the repo rate is unchanged since April and indicates that slow repo rate rises will be initiated...
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...
Impact of the new accounting standard IFRS 9 on major Swedish banks
16/02/2018 -IFRS 9 is a new accounting standard for financial instruments and introduces a new approach of recognising credit losses, based on forward-looking macroeconomic conditions. This may provide more and better information on banks’ asset quality 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...