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New format for the Monetary Policy Report
19/03/2024 -With effect from this year, the Riksbank will hold eight scheduled monetary policy meetings a year. After four of these meetings, a Monetary Policy Report with forecasts will be published. A shorter Monetary Policy Update will be published after...
The Riksbank proposes that equity be restored to the statutory base level
02/04/2024 -The Riksbank has today made a submission to the Riksdag with a proposal to restore equity to the statutory base level stipulated in the Sveriges Riksbank Act. The proposal involves a capital injection of SEK 43.7 billion in 2024. The submission...
Large forecasting errors across the board
19/01/2024 -Large forecasting errors across the board Figure 2 shows how the Riksbank's CPIF forecasts were updated between 2020 and 2023, and the outcomes for CPIF inflation until the second quarter of 2023. The blue dashed line shows annual averages for...
Summary
19/01/2024 -Summary After many years of low inflation, consumer prices rose rapidly in 2021 and 2022. Inflation targets and central banks’ forecasting ability were tested to an extent that has not occurred since the targets were introduced. Neither the...
No provision for financial risks 2023
10/01/2024 -The Riksbank has decided not to make any financial risk provisions for 2023. For the financial year 2023, the Riksbank is expected to make a profit of SEK 16 billion, and the Riksbank's equity is expected to amount to SEK -2 billion after the...
Account of Monetary Policy in 2023 - The Riksbank's interest rate increases contributed to lower inflation
22/03/2024 -Interest rate hikes and reduced global shocks led to inflation falling from over 10 per cent to close to the 2 per cent target by the end of the year. However, on average, inflation was far too high and, excluding energy prices, it remained at a...
Payment habits in Sweden
14/03/2024 -Payment habits in Sweden Whether shopping in stores, online or paying bills, most people want to pay digitally. Physical cards have long been the most common method of payment in Sweden, but in recent years more and more people have started...
Transfers abroad are perceived as safe but expensive
14/03/2024 -Transfers abroad are perceived as safe but expensive Foreign-born individuals are more likely to make transfers to private persons abroad than the Swedish population as a whole. The most common way of transferring money abroad is through the...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 6 December 2023
14/12/2023 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 6 December to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 22 November 2023
04/12/2023 -Monetary policy has reduced demand in the Swedish economy and contributed to an easing of inflationary pressures. The Executive Board assesses that monetary policy needs to remain contractionary, however, it is now appropriate to leave the...