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The major banks Pillar 1 requirements will increase
30/10/2018 -The major Swedish banks have for a long time now needed to meet several different types of capital requirement. They are often divided up into so-called Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 requirements. Finansinspektionen has recently decided to move the...
Swedish Bankers’ Association forms working group for alternative to Stibor
04/12/2018 -Around the world there are currently various projects to produce complements and/or alternatives to the current reference rates for financial contracts, partly because these provide a poor reflection of the actual interbank transactions. The...
Military defeat leads to banking crisis
07/02/2018 -While the war is going well, many people deposit money in the Bank of the Estates of the Realm (Sveriges Riksbank). But when they attempt to withdraw it, following the defeat at Poltava, there is no money to be had. The Bank simply freezes its...
The silver standard is reintroduced
07/02/2018 -Many previous attempts had been made to stabilise the value of money by making it possible to redeem banknotes for silver. This does not succeed until the reign of Charles XIV Johan. ...
Renewed mandates for Stefan Ingves and Kerstin af Jochnick
14/01/2018 -The General Council of the Riksbank has decided to extend Stefan Ingves’ mandate as Governor of the Riksbank by five years, and First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick’s mandate by six years.
Repo rate unchanged at −0.50 per cent
14/01/2018 -Economic activity is strong and inflation is close to the target of 2 per cent. Monetary policy needs to remain expansionary for inflation to continue to be close to 2 per cent. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has therefore decided to hold...
A slower rate of increase of household indebtedness is needed for stability
14/01/2018 -High and rising household indebtedness currently poses the greatest risk to the Swedish economy. It is important therefore that the proposal for a stricter amortisation requirement is put in place. It is also important to implement measures...
Karl Langenskiöld becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Langenskiöld participates in the work of giving the Riksbank a monopoly on issuing banknotes, 1897. He is widely acclaimed, contributing towards his appointment as Governor of the Riksbank. ...
Stock market crash on Wall Street
07/02/2018 -On 24 October 1929, the stock exchange on Wall Street in New York crashes. This event marks the end of the Roaring Twenties and is the start of a worldwide depression. The Riksbank is led by Ivar Rooth.
Wave of devaluations starts
07/02/2018 -In Europe, governments try to set up new exchange rate agreements with each other. Sweden participates in these attempts but, under the pressure of deteriorated competitiveness, the krona is devalued repeatedly from 1976 on.