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Mortgage rates can change without the Riksbank adjusting the policy rate
25/09/2020 -Mortgage rates for Swedish households co-vary with the Riksbank’s repo rate, but are also dependant on several other factors. One of these is how Swedish banks are funded and how the cost of their funding develops. In a new Economic Commentary,...
Real-time data provides information support during rapid cyclical turnarounds
03/06/2020 -Sudden cyclical fluctuations, such as those of recent months, mean that the Riksbank needs information more rapidly and more frequently than many traditional statistical products can provide. To gain a quick oversight of how the coronavirus...
Fiscal policy from a monetary policy perspective
27/05/2019 -The low global interest rates have reduced the scope for monetary policy to stimulate the economy, but at the same time may have increased the scope for fiscal policy action. This has brought the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy...
EU banking package sets new requirements for Swedish banks
20/05/2019 -The banking package is the collective name for several coming changes to the European regulations that must be observed by banks wishing to operate in the EU. The aim of the package is to strengthen the banking sector’s resilience to financial...
How housing developers’ business models and accounting methods work
21/05/2019 -Following a long period of rising housing prices, we are now seeing increased uncertainty on the housing market in general, and especially the new build market. This leads to the need for a better understanding of the housing developers’...
The Riksbank expands its reporting of climate-related information
12/04/2022 -The Riksbank starts publishing the carbon footprint of the assets in the foreign exchange reserves. The carbon footprint of the Riksbank’s foreign exchange reserves was 298,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents per billion dollars of GDP on...
How a monetary policy decision is made
07/04/2022 -The coronavirus crisis has tested the flexibility of the Riksbank's decision-making with regard to monetary policy. But essentially, the preparation process is the same now as prior to the crisis. In an Economic Commentary, Maria Sjödin, adviser...
What does research say about the effects of central bank balance sheet policies?
24/02/2021 -Central banks’ purchases of assets and other forms of balance sheet policies have had a positive effect on output and inflation. This is the conclusion of an analysis of the research literature carried out in the United States, the euro area and...
The relationship between different prices, the exchange rate and economic activity
07/04/2021 -There is a clear relationship between economic activity and the exchange rate, on one hand, and many consumer prices, on the other. This is demonstrated by an analysis made by Mårten Löf, advisor at the Riksbank’s Forecasting Division. The...
Employment among older people may increase
25/02/2020 -Employment among older people has been increasing over a long period of time. This is at least partly due to various political measures aimed to increase labour force participation among people in the age group 55-74 years and the demand for...