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Test of technical solution for an e-krona
03/11/2021 -The Riksbank has a pilot project to examine technical alternatives for a possible issue of the Swedish krona in digital form – an e-krona. A technical solution is now being tested with external participants. However, no decision has yet been made...
Riksbank launches service for instant payments
23/05/2022 -Today the RIX-INST service is launched, which means that payments between banks can be made in real time 24 hours a day and 365 days a year in central bank money. The Riksbank is thus offering the banks a secure and cost-effective payment system...
The threats to financial stability have increased
24/05/2022 -Inflation has risen rapidly in many countries, which is partly due to the aftermath of the pandemic in the form of disruptions in global supply chains and rising energy and commodity prices. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and lockdowns in China...
The Riksbank responds to Flug and Honohan’s review of monetary policy, 2015-2020
25/05/2022 -Historically, 2015-2020 was an exceptional monetary policy period, with low inflation, a negative repo rate and strongly growing balance sheets in the central banks. The Executive Board welcomes the reviewers’ work and their assessment that the...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 1 June 2022
09/06/2022 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 1 June to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
New dialogue forum for the e-krona
10/06/2022 -The Riksbank is gathering together experts in a new dialogue forum on the e-krona, a digital complement to cash. The forum consists of representatives from banks, FinTech, retail and universities. Their knowledge is considered to be particularly...
Continued climate-related commitments from the Riksbank and Finansinspektionen
03/11/2021 -The Riksbank and Finansinspektionen commit to continue integrating climate-related risks into their activities and analysing how climate-related risks can affect the financial system and its stability. This is stated in a pledge published...
The Riksbank’s Financial Markets Survey: Risk-taking increasing among fixed-income and FX traders
04/11/2021 -Market participants are taking greater risks in their investments now than they did in the spring. This is shown in the Riksbank’s Financial Markets Survey of participants in the Swedish fixed-income and foreign-exchange markets, which was...
Pandemic accelerating digitalisation of the payment market
03/11/2021 -Developments on the payment market are very rapid and have been given an extra boost by the pandemic. Sweden has long stood out as a country with low cash usage and high use of cards and digital payment solutions, but now the trend is also...
The development of risk premiums on covered bonds during the coronavirus pandemic
08/11/2021 -In this Economic Commentary, the author examines how yields on covered bonds, also commonly known as mortgage bonds, developed during the coronavirus pandemic until the beginning of the summer of this year. Like all market rates, these yields...