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Monetary policy decision: Zero interest rate and unchanged asset holdings
25/11/2021 -Economic activity is strong and inflation has risen rapidly, largely driven by rising energy prices. The Riksbank forecasts a fall in inflation next year. The Executive Board has decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent, and to...
A solution for the e-krona based on blockchain technology has been tested
06/04/2021 -The solution based on blockchain technology that has been developed and tested by the Riksbank in its e-krona project provides new possibilities, but is also new and needs further investigation. This is one of the lessons learned as described in...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 20 September 2021
30/09/2021 -At the monetary policy meeting on 20 September, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent and the assessment was that the repo rate will remain at this level over the coming three-year period.
SWESTR can be used as the reference rate for financial contracts from 2 September
31/08/2021 -As of 2 September 2021, the Riksbank's transaction-based reference rate, SWESTR, can be used in financial contracts. The test period for SWESTR has thus ended. On Thursday 2 September at 11.00, a digital press conference will be held with Deputy...
The Riksbank’s Business Survey: “Demand is not the problem – the troubles are on the supply side”
08/06/2021 -The economic situation for major Swedish companies is becoming increasingly strong, especially for the manufacturing sector. Companies feel that the risks of the pandemic are decreasing, they are optimistic about the future, and dare to make...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 24 November
06/12/2021 -Monetary policy needs to give continued support to the economy for inflation to be close to the inflation target in the slightly longer term. At its monetary policy meeting on 24 November, the Executive Board of the Riksbank therefore decided to...
A newly developed approach to stress testing banks’ credit losses from corporate lending
14/11/2022 -Stress tests are important when assessing the resilience of Swedish banks to different scenarios in which economic conditions deteriorate. A new Staff Memo describes a newly developed approach to stress testing banks' credit losses from...
Payments cost – but the costs vary
23/03/2023 -We rarely consider that it costs to make a payment. But it does. In the Riksbank's Cost Study, published today, the authors estimate that the social cost of payments in Sweden amounts to almost 1 per cent of GDP, or around SEK 5,000 per...
A central bank can conduct an effective monetary policy with low equity
12/12/2022 -Neither weak financial results nor low equity limit the short-term prospects of monetary policy. Central banks, unlike private banks and other commercial activities, are not at risk of bankruptcy and can normally generate the resources they need...
Erik Thedéen takes over today as Governor of the Riksbank
02/01/2023 -In June, the General Council of the Riksbank appointed Erik Thedéen as the new Governor of the Riksbank for a term of six years Today Erik Thedéen begins his new position at the Riksbank. He succeeds former Governor Stefan Ingves, whose term of...