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Housing prices and household indebtedness – the foremost risk
14/01/2018 -Households’ high and rising indebtedness form a serious threat to financial and macroeconomic stability. Further measures need to be introduced to increase the resilience of the household sector and reduce risks. There are also vulnerabilities...
50-krona banknote
10/01/2018 -50-krona banknote Facts 50-krona banknote Obverse motif: The poet, composer and artist Evert Taube Reverse motif: Bohuslän, one of the many places from which Evert Taube drew inspiration Measures: 126 x 66 millimetres Thickness: 125 micrometres...
Just over SEK 8 billion left – banks can still accept older banknotes and coins
14/01/2018 -Friday 30 June is the last day the older 100- and 500-krona banknotes and the older 1-, 2- and 5-krona coins can be used as legal tender. It is still possible to deposit them in a bank account, however.
Repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent, bond purchases according to plan
14/01/2018 -Economic activity is strong and inflation is approaching 2 per cent. The Riksbank’s monetary policy has contributed to this. But it has taken time to bring up inflation and a continued expansionary monetary policy is required for it to stabilise...
Many types of coin become one
07/02/2018 -In the 18th century, there are many different coins and counterfeits are common. Consequently, Johan Liljencrantz, Minister of Finance under Gustav III, carries out a coin reform so that only one coin, the riksdaler, is left. At the same time,...
Global financial crisis
09/02/2018 -When the US investment bank Lehman Brothers fails, it leads to a global financial crisis, the worst since the depression of the 1930s. Sweden manages relatively well.
Riksbank publishes the IMF’s report on Sweden’s economy
15/01/2018 -A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completes its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the consultations that IMF regularly has with its member countries, the so-called Article IV consultations.
Press conference on IMF assessment of Swedish economy
15/01/2018 -On Thursday, 28 September, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will complete its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the review of the economic situation that the IMF regularly carries out for each member country,...
Calender data for first seven months of 2018
15/01/2018 -The calender has been updated with the dates of the Executive Board meetings and the dates on which the Monetary Policy Reports, the minutes of the monetary policy meetings and the Financial Stability Reports will be published during the first...
Important role for Hammarskjöld
07/02/2018 -Dag Hammarskjöld has great influence over the coordination of fiscal and monetary policy, both as state secretary at the Ministry of Finance and as Chairman of the Riksbank's General Council. Later, he becomes the UN’s first and, so far, only...