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Mortgage rates can change without the Riksbank adjusting the policy rate
25/09/2020 -Mortgage rates for Swedish households co-vary with the Riksbank’s repo rate, but are also dependant on several other factors. One of these is how Swedish banks are funded and how the cost of their funding develops. In a new Economic Commentary,...
The Riksbank and the ECB to explore cross-currency instant payments
06/10/2020 -The Riksbank and the ECB will explore the feasibility of using the TIPS platform to accommodate instant settlement of payments across European currencies, such as the Swedish krona and the euro. Providing cross-currency instant settlement...
Calendar data for 2021
04/02/2021 -The calendar has been updated with the dates of the Executive Board meetings and the dates on which the Monetary Policy Reports, the minutes of the monetary policy meetings and the Financial Stability Reports will be published during the second...
Asset purchases and zero interest rate providing support to the recovery and inflation
10/02/2021 -The Swedish economy has withstood the second wave of infection relatively well, supported by extensive economic policy measures. Vaccinations are now underway in many countries and despite continued uncertainty, the conditions for a rise in...
Can digital central bank currencies function as cash?
16/02/2021 -Many central banks are currently researching the possibility of issuing digital money (central bank digital currency - CBDC) as a complement to the central bank money we use today, namely cash. However, digital central bank currencies would not...
What does research say about the effects of central bank balance sheet policies?
24/02/2021 -Central banks’ purchases of assets and other forms of balance sheet policies have had a positive effect on output and inflation. This is the conclusion of an analysis of the research literature carried out in the United States, the euro area and...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 9 February 2021
19/02/2021 -At the Monetary Policy Meeting on 9 February, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at zero per cent. To provide support to the recovery and inflation, the Riksbank is also continuing to purchase assets...
The Riksbank to continue to offer dollar loans and to support banks’ corporate lending
10/03/2021 -It is important for the Riksbank to maintain preparedness to manage any deterioration in credit supply which could hamper the recovery of the Swedish economy. The Executive Board has therefore decided today that the Riksbank shall continue to...
The Riksbank, six other central banks and BIS in collaboration on principles for central bank digital currency CBDC
09/10/2020 -A group of seven central banks together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today published a report identifying the foundational principles necessary for any publicly available CBDCs to help central banks meet their public policy...
Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for 2020
12/10/2020 -The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2020 (the Nobel Prize in Economics) to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, Stanford University, USA. They...