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The General Council of the Riksbank finds no conflict of interest in connection with monetary policy decisions
17/12/2021 -Some media have claimed that Stefan Ingves and Cecilia Skingsley will not have been impartial when they made monetary policy decisions on the purchase of corporate bonds in the secondary market. This has prompted the General Council to make an...
Shortcomings in the corporate bond market need to be addressed
07/12/2021 -The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic brought to light structural shortcomings and vulnerabilities in the Swedish corporate bond market. These shortcomings risk strengthening negative developments in the event of financial turbulence. To...
Price changes in Sweden – insights from five million observations
17/01/2022 -What affects inflation most – how often or how much do the prices of goods and services change? Riksbank economists Jacob Ewertzh, Mathias Klein and Oskar Tysklind have found this out by analysing five million price observations between the...
BIS has determined the work programmes for the BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre
25/01/2022 -The Nordic Centre in Stockholm will work on projects related to offline CBDC and systems for payments data analysis. Today the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub presented the work programme for 2022.
New Department for IT and Digitalisation with Ulrika Pilestål as Head
20/12/2021 -The Executive Board has decided to establish a new department with effect from 1 January 2022 – the IT and Digitalisation Department. In connection with this decision, Ulrika Pilestål is appointed as new head of department.
Increased transparency regarding the Riksbank’s asset purchases
01/02/2022 -As of 1 February 2022, on a quarterly basis, the Riksbank will publish more detailed information on the Riksbank’s asset purchases in Swedish kronor. Publication as it now stands will be expanded with transaction lists for all types of securities...
No provision to the risk buffer 2021
12/01/2022 -The financial risks on the Riksbank's balance sheet have increased in recent years. To strengthen resilience to potential future losses, the Riksbank can make provisions for financial risks. The Riksbank considers that the risk buffer needs to...
IMF to assess financial stability in Sweden
19/11/2021 -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will conduct a review of the financial sector and the work of the authorities on financial stability, a so-called FSAP (Financial Sector Assessment Program) in 2022. FSAPs are conducted regularly for...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council extraordinary meeting on 26 January 2022
28/01/2022 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 26 January, to discuss the tense security situation in Europe and the risk of effects on the functioning of the...
Account of Monetary Policy 2020 – Most important task: to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the economy
24/03/2021 -2020 was an unusual year in many ways. The coronavirus pandemic completely changed the economic prospects. GDP plummeted and the conditions for attaining the inflation target during the year were radically altered. Governments and central banks...