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Consultation: Amendments to the Terms and Conditions for RIX and Monetary Policy Instruments
21/01/2025 -The Riksbank proposes amendments to the contractual conditions applying to participants in the Swedish payment system RIX and participants in the monetary policy operational framework. Among other things, these amendments aim to enable Payment...
IMF assessment of the financial sector in Sweden is complete
16/03/2023 -During 2022, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) carried out a special assessment of the financial sector in Sweden, a so-called FSAP (Financial Sector Assessment Program). FSAPs are conducted regularly for member countries with systemically...
The Riksbank is working to improve cross-border payments
15/12/2022 -The Riksbank is working to improve cross-border payments For individuals, payments to some countries are expensive and slow. Changing this requires cooperation between countries around the world. The Riksbank therefore participates actively in...
A central bank can conduct an effective monetary policy with low equity
12/12/2022 -Neither weak financial results nor low equity limit the short-term prospects of monetary policy. Central banks, unlike private banks and other commercial activities, are not at risk of bankruptcy and can normally generate the resources they need...
Effects of more persistent changes in monetary policy
20/12/2022 -Effects of more persistent changes in monetary policy When inflation started to rise rapidly at the end of 2021, the Riksbank was eventually expected to adjust its monetary policy quite substantially. The Riksbank also started to do this in...
How is inflation affected by changes in monetary policy?
20/12/2022 -How is inflation affected by changes in monetary policy? Figure 1 shows how an unexpected "exogenous" increase in the policy rate affects inflation and GDP in two macroeconomic models adapted to Swedish conditions: the Riksbank's model Maja and...
The Beveridge curve – an illustration of matching efficiency
13/01/2025 -The Beveridge curve – an illustration of matching efficiency A common way of describing the matching efficiency is to use the Beveridge curve, which relates the unemployment rate to the vacancy rate (see Figure 1).[5] Vacancies are job openings...
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 18 December 2024
02/01/2025 -The Executive Board decided to cut the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.5 per cent at its monetary policy meeting on 18 December 2024. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the...
Everyone shall be able to pay
10/03/2025 -Everyone shall be able to pay Too many people are excluded from the digital payments market. For everyone to be able to pay, banks need to ensure that more people have access to a payment account. In addition, payment services need to be...
Database for event studies of Swedish monetary policy
20/12/2024 -To facilitate research on and evaluation of Swedish monetary policy, Riksbank economists have compiled a database intended for event studies. The database collects high frequency reactions on the financial market, known as monetary policy...