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How much money is there in the economy?
15/07/2025 -The amount of money increases over time, partly because things become more expensive and partly because the economy grows. There are more of us buying more things for every passing year, creating a need for more and more money.
Difference between e-kronor, cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets
27/05/2025 -The digitalisation of society has changed the way we pay. This development has led central banks to consider the possibility of issuing digital central bank money, also known as central bank digital currency (CBDC), such as an e-krona in Sweden...
Historical timeline
25/01/2018 -Sveriges Riksbank, or the Riksbank as it is usually called, is the world’s oldest central bank. The Riksbank has a 350 year old history. Image sources for the timeline below: Dagens Nyheter, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, Royal Coin Cabinet,...
The Riksbank archives
16/12/2024 -The Riksbank’s archives are open to researchers by agreement with the Bank’s archivists. The archives contain documents from 1900 onwards. Older records are kept in the National Archives in Arninge and can be searched via the National Archival...
Ingves: Monetary policy challenges – weighing today against tomorrow
17/01/2018 -“Conducting monetary policy is about managing challenges – weighing the effects of today’s monetary policy against the effects and challenges it will bring tomorrow.” These were the words of Stefan Ingves on Tuesday, when he addressed the...
Flodén: Reasonable for the Riksbank’s balance sheet to shrink in the long run
13/04/2018 -The Riksbank should wind down most of its government bonds when monetary policy is normalised. By doing this, the Riksbank will minimise its financial risk and safeguard its future capacity to fund its own operations and conduct an independent...
Breman: Monetary policy after corona – we need to think along new lines
23/02/2021 -“The pandemic and its economic consequences have made it perfectly clear that we cannot predict what the next economic crisis will look like – neither when it comes to what will trigger it nor what type of monetary policy response it may need.”...
Jansson: Contemplations of an interest-rate dove and inflation hawk
03/12/2019 -“I do not see the abolition of negative rates as an end in itself for the Riksbank”. These were the words of Deputy Governor Per Jansson in his speech at Danske Bank on Tuesday when he presented his view of current monetary policy and his...
Cecilia Skingsley: High inflation and a rising repo rate – what happens to the Riksbank's balance sheet?
06/05/2022 -"The relatively short maturity on the Riksbank's asset holdings means that the majority will mature within three years, if the Executive Board chooses to conclude its reinvestment programme. In my opinion, this makes it unlikely that the...