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Riksbank Symposium on Central Bank Independence will be live streamed on riksbank.se
09/01/2023 -Sveriges Riksbank is organising an international symposium on central bank independence on Tuesday 10 January. The entire symposium will be live streamed from Riksbank.se.
Shortage of liquidity creates difficult situations for pension managers
30/01/2023 -In September 2022, long-term UK interest rates rose sharply as the result of an unfunded budget proposal from the country’s government. This led to a liquidity crisis in many UK pension funds due to their management strategy. In a new Staff...
Payment services cheaper and more profitable for the banks
11/03/2024 -Digitalisation has reduced banks' costs for payment services. For example, their costs for handling cash have decreased by almost SEK 3 billion in 2021 compared to 2009. Together with the increase in digital payments, this has made payment...
APPENDIX - The new measures
21/02/2024 -APPENDIX - The new measures The new measures are calculated in the same way as the old ones, but instead of weighting together annual percentage changes, seasonally adjusted monthly changes are weighted together, annualised. The seasonal...
Summary
20/02/2024 -Summary The traditional payments and securities markets are undergoing a structural transformation, driven by, among other things, increased competition through new technologies and new actors, as well as new legislation. As part of the...
Summary
23/04/2024 -Summary In recent decades, the persistent global decline in both nominal and real interest rates has been one of the more prominent macroeconomic trends. There is a broad consensus that this decline is largely due to changes in several...
Concluding thoughts
10/04/2024 -Concluding thoughts In this Economic Commentary, we have highlighted insights from behavioural economics research that we believe can be helpful for monetary policy. We see these insights as useful complements to the existing analysis and...
Higher interest rates challenging highly indebted companies and households
09/11/2023 -Inflation has fallen but is still too high and several central banks have stated that it may be a long time before policy rates are cut. In addition, the increased geopolitical tension may affect the inflation and economic outlook going forward...
Changes in population composition will lead to slower labour force growth
07/11/2023 -Demographic changes in the coming years mean that both the labour force and employment are expected to grow more slowly than over the past decade. This is according to a study by Iida Häkkinen Skans and Pernilla Wasén, who work in the Monetary...
No provision for financial risks 2023
10/01/2024 -The Riksbank has decided not to make any financial risk provisions for 2023. For the financial year 2023, the Riksbank is expected to make a profit of SEK 16 billion, and the Riksbank's equity is expected to amount to SEK -2 billion after the...