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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Rising sea levels increase the risk to housing
03/11/2020 -Climate change will cause sea levels to rise. Housing located close to Sweden’s coastline will then become more vulnerable to extreme weather and flooding. This could, in turn, have consequences for financial stability.
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...
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 does the climate transition affect inflation?
13/04/2022 -To limit global warming, we need to consume less fossil fuels. An important part of the strategy for achieving this is to make the cost of such consumption more expensive than more environmentally friendly alternatives. This is one of 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...