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The Riksbank’s Business Survey reflects economic developments
06/12/2019 -Indicators from the Riksbank’s Business Survey describe the prevailing economic situation well. A new Economic Commentary shows that firms’ responses to the survey are also linked to their own business development.
Libra will probably have little impact in Sweden
29/10/2019 -Libra may become an alternative for certain cross-border payments, but will probably not be used for payments in Sweden to any great extent. These are some of the conclusions drawn in an Economic Commentary published today.
Inquiry into the state’s role on the payment market a matter of urgency
03/10/2019 -The payment market is developing at a very rapid pace. This is not least true of the shift from cash to digital payments. It is therefore important that the question of the state’s role on the future payment market, including whether an e-krona...
Technological change has not lead to fewer jobs
02/10/2019 -Technological change means that some jobs disappear. At the same time, however, new jobs are usually also created. The Economic Commentary “Technological change and the labour market” shows that total employment has not fallen due to new...
A combination of statistics provides a better picture of developments on the labour market
27/09/2019 -Statistics Sweden’s Labour Force Surveys (LFS) are the official measure for unemployment and employment in Sweden. But there are also register-based statistics that can be used to refine and complement the picture of developments on the labour...
The major banks Pillar 1 requirements will increase
30/10/2018 -The major Swedish banks have for a long time now needed to meet several different types of capital requirement. They are often divided up into so-called Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 requirements. Finansinspektionen has recently decided to move the...
Impact of the new accounting standard IFRS 9 on major Swedish banks
16/02/2018 -IFRS 9 is a new accounting standard for financial instruments and introduces a new approach of recognising credit losses, based on forward-looking macroeconomic conditions. This may provide more and better information on banks’ asset quality and...
Bitcoin is not money
14/03/2018 -Crypto-assets or cryptocurrencies are not the same thing as money. This is because these assets lack an official issuer and because at present they do not meet the conditions required of an efficient means of payment. For instance, crypto-assets...
More global companies can subdue the effects of the krona exchange rate on exports
13/09/2018 -A krona depreciation is expected to lead to increased exports. But as Swedish companies have become increasingly integrated in global production networks over the last 30 years, the krona exchange rate may have less of an effect on exports. This...
How the European Banking Union works
15/01/2018 -The Banking Union is the result of the work within the EU on improving regulation and supervision of the financial sector that began after the financial crisis. The purpose of the Banking Union is to create a structure for the joint supervision...