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Riksbank develops an e-krona in a test environment
13/12/2019 -The Riksbank has implemented a public procurement of a technology supplier to the e-krona pilot project and intends to sign an agreement with consulting company Accenture. The primary objective of the e-krona pilot project is to broaden the...
Efficient vaccination against COVID-19 entails major macroeconomic benefits
17/12/2020 -There are many good reasons not to allow a safe vaccination against COVID-19 to be delayed. Continued spread entails a high burden on the medical system, more people dying and a lot of people suffering. In addition, there are considerable...
Plan for harmonising the Swedish securities market’s post-trade processes
05/02/2021 -The Swedish securities market’s processes in post trade are to be harmonised with European standards. This means that the differences between Swedish and European processes will be reduced. A new cooperation forum, the Coordination Forum for...
Account of Monetary Policy 2020 – Most important task: to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the economy
24/03/2021 -2020 was an unusual year in many ways. The coronavirus pandemic completely changed the economic prospects. GDP plummeted and the conditions for attaining the inflation target during the year were radically altered. Governments and central banks...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
23/06/2021 -This year’s second edition of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review comprises a smorgasbord of questions relevant to a central bank. The first article takes a closer look at households’ expectations of where the economy is headed, while the second...
The Riksbank and the ECB are continuing their joint study on instant cross-border payments
23/06/2021 -The ECB and the Riksbank are now proceeding further with their study of the potential to use the ECB's TIPS platform to implement instant payments between European currencies, such as the krona and the euro. The next step is to study the legal...
New report from the e-krona pilot project
06/04/2022 -It should be possible to integrate an e-krona into banks’ and payment service providers’ own existing systems. This is the conclusion of the Riksbank after testing a technical solution for a potential e-krona. The results are summarised in a new...
Request For Information (RFI) within the framework of the e-krona project
07/04/2022 -The Riksbank is continuing its work on preparing for an issuable e-krona and now wishes to gather information from the market about various possible technical solutions on which to base an e-krona.
Climate-related transition risks must be given priority
08/04/2022 -The data and methods available for measuring climate-related transition risks are under development. There is a lot of work going on in this area, in the banks and in organisations at national and international level, but it is important that...
Robert Sirkka new Head of Corporate Services Department
02/05/2022 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Robert Sirkka new Head of the Corporate Services Department. Robert comes to the Riksbank from a post as head of operational support at the Swedish Defence Radio Establishment, FRA. He will take...