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Measures of core inflation
21/02/2024 -Measures of core inflation In Sweden, inflation is usually measured as the annual percentage change in the CPIF. Measured inflation rates are often affected by temporary price changes, which are of no significance for the development of...
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 31 January 2024
07/02/2024 -The Executive Board decided to leave the policy rate unchanged at 4 per cent at its monetary policy meeting on 31 January 2024. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the arguments put...
Everyone shall be able to pay – even in a crisis and state of heightened alert
14/03/2024 -The digitalisation of the Swedish payments market has contributed to faster, smoother and more efficient payments. But this development has also brought a number of challenges. Several groups in society experience digital and financial...
The digitalisation of payments is a global trend
14/03/2024 -The digitalisation of payments is a global trend In Sweden, the payments market was digitalised early and it is clear that the trend is now global. One reason for this is that Swedish banks were early adopters of Swish, which allows money to be...
Many small retail businesses have stopped accepting cash
10/03/2025 -Many small retail businesses have stopped accepting cash Around two thirds of the companies in the Riksbank's survey accept cash. However, there are major differences between sectors. Many of the companies that stopped accepting cash have done...
Trends on the payments market
10/03/2025 -Trends on the payments market The global payments market has been transformed by, among other things, technological innovation and changing consumer behaviour. The use of cash is continuing to decline both in Sweden and abroad, and more and more...
The Riksbank’s cybersecurity competition ROCCS 2025
19/08/2025 -On 23 October 2025, the Riksbank will organise for the second time a cybersecurity competition, the Riksbank’s Online Cybersecurity Challenge Summit (ROCCS), with the aim of encouraging actors in the Swedish financial sector to practice and...
Policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent
27/06/2024 -Inflation is close to the target and economic activity is weak. The Executive Board considers that monetary policy should be adjusted gradually, and has decided to hold the policy rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent. If inflation prospects remain...
Inflation rose rapidly
19/01/2024 -Inflation rose rapidly After many years of low inflation, consumer prices rose rapidly in 2021 and 2022 and inflation reached the highest levels in over 30 years. The inflation target, like the Riksbank's the forecasting ability, was tested to...
The Riksbank’s communication policy
15/01/2025 -This policy aims to explain how the Riksbank uses its communication to attain its objectives and carry out its tasks – to keep inflation low and stable, to ensure that the financial system functions well and that it is possible to pay safely and...