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Political decisions needed urgently so that everyone can pay
27/10/2023 -Strengthen the position of cash in legislation, prepare the legislation for an e-krona and increase financial and digital inclusion. This is according to the consultation response that the Riksbank is submitting today to the Payment Inquiry’s...
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...
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...
General Council has decided on the allocation of the Riksbank’s profit
19/02/2024 -The General Council of the Riksbank has, in accordance with the Sveriges Riksbank Act, decided on the allocation of the Riksbank's profit for the financial year 2023. The Riksbank reports a profit of SEK 16,191 million for 2023. However, the...
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...
Minor decrease of Sweden's GDP in NGFS climate scenarios
03/12/2021 -In 2021, the global sustainability network known as the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published a number of scenarios for climate change and economic developments. Among other things, the scenarios show that the economic cost...
Calculation method for STIBOR does not instil confidence
31/03/2021 -Despite the STIBOR reference rate now being reformed, it will continue to be based to an excessive extent on judgements rather than actual transactions. There is also a lack of transparency regarding STIBOR and how it is calculated. These...
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...
Measures for a more effective scrutiny of the Riksbank
08/06/2021 -There are several different ways of providing the Riksdag with increased opportunities for efficient scrutiny of the Riksbank, say Governor Stefan Ingves and Deputy Head of the General Secretariat Pernilla Meyersson in an Economic Commentary. A...
Exchange rate and balance of payments – a correlation that got lost?
29/04/2021 -There is no clear picture of how the relationship between the exchange rate and the real and financial transactions between countries functions in practice.