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Can equity price movements be better explained when taking interest rates directly into account?
02/11/2021 -Equity valuation metrics, such as the cyclically adjusted P/E (CAPE) ratio, can help explain subsequent stock price movements in Sweden. This is one of the conclusions in a new staff memo where the authors evaluate the explanatory power of two...
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...
Central banks and BIS explore possible design of central bank digital currencies
30/09/2021 -Today the Bank for International Settlement, BIS, is publishing three new reports on central bank digital currencies, CBDCs. These reports, which have been produced together with seven central banks, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the...
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...
The Riksbank wants the EU to comply with Basel III
07/09/2021 -During the autumn, the European Commission will publish a proposal for updated capital adequacy rules for banks within the EU. The Riksbank now urges the EU Commission to stick to the Basel III agreement.
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...
Purchases of commercial paper every second week
20/10/2021 -The Riksbank’s purchases of commercial paper are being switched from auctions once a week to auctions every second week. From now on, the auctions will be held in weeks with even numbers (week 44, 46, etc.). Demand has been very low over the...
BIS has elected Stefan Ingves, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, as Vice-Chairman
09/11/2021 -The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has elected Stefan Ingves, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, as Vice-Chairman. Mr Ingves joined the BIS Board of Directors in 2006 and has chaired its Banking and Risk...
Money and legislation need to be adapted to digitalisation
15/10/2020 -The Riksbank has the task of ensuring that payments can be made safely and efficiently and that the krona retains its value. For this to be possible, cash needs to be both protected and supplemented with a digital alternative. The right...
Changed consumption during the pandemic affects inflation
18/12/2020 -The pandemic has significantly changed how and what we consume. Jesper Johansson, Mårten Löf and Oskar Tysklind explain in an Economic Commentary how our new consumption patterns affect inflation and the way it is measured.