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Why is fintech of interest to authorities?
19/05/2022 -Why is fintech of interest to authorities? The fintech sector can improve the efficiency in the financial system and lead to financial services being cheaper and better. But it also gives rise to different kinds of challenges for authorities.
What is fintech?
19/05/2022 -What is fintech? Fintech can be defined as financial services combined with new technological innovations. Fintech activities are found in numerous parts of the financial system and include, for example, payment mediation and lending. Operations...
The Business Survey indicator reflects GDP growth well
27/10/2023 -The Business Survey indicator reflects GDP growth well As a first step to examine whether the Business Survey indicator can be used as a measure of economic activity, the correlation between the indicator and GDP growth was calculated.
A new indicator of economic activity
27/10/2023 -A new indicator of economic activity The companies' responses to eleven of the Survey's central questions form the basis of the Riksbank's new indicator of economic activity. The questions concern companies' perception of the economic situation,...
Important to have timely data on the development of the economy
27/10/2023 -Important to have timely data on the development of the economy It is important for decision-makers to have access to timely information on economic conditions. Official statistics are published with some delay, so it is important to be able to...
Concluding comments
27/10/2023 -Concluding comments This Economic Commentary has presented a new indicator of economic activity. Using principal component analysis, eleven time series from the Riksbank's Business Survey have been weighted together into one indicator. The...
The Business Survey collects information through in-depth interviews
27/10/2023 -The Business Survey collects information through in-depth interviews Since 2007, economists at the Riksbank have been meeting with company representatives to discuss their company's current situation and how the situation is expected to change...
The Business Survey indicator provides a similar picture of economic activity as other measures
27/10/2023 -The Business Survey indicator provides a similar picture of economic activity as other measures Figure 1 illustrates how the Business Survey indicator relates to four already available survey-based economic measures: The National Institute of...
Summary
27/10/2023 -Summary This Economic Commentary[1] Economic Commentaries are brief analyses of issues with relevance for the Riksbank. They may be written by individual members of the Executive Board or by employees at the Riksbank. Employees’ commentaries are...
References
19/01/2024 -References Australian Government (2023), “An RBA fit for the future”, The Australian Government Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Report. Bordo, Michael and Mickey Levy (2022) "The Fed's Monetary Policy Exit Once Again behind the Curve",...