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Pass-through of negative policy rates
28/05/2021 -There is a strong link between the repo rate and the interest rates faced by borrowers. This link was strong even when the repo rate was negative. This is demonstrated by Henrik Erikson and David Vestin in the Economic Commentary “Pass-through...
New issue of the journal Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
17/01/2018 -In this edition, we present articles about various monetary policy issues: the role of international dependence in domestic forecasts, the level of the inflation target, household expectations of mortgage rates and how monetary policy is...
Drivers and implications of the strong growth in consumption loans
15/01/2018 -Over the last year, the growth rate of consumption loans has increased sharply, from less than 3 per cent per year in mid-2016 to above 8 per cent in recent months. This development may increase the vulnerability of households to disturbances in...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 5 December 2017
17/01/2018 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 5 December to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
Governor Erik Thedéen visited the central bank in Kyiv
18/12/2023 -On Friday, Governor Erik Thedéen visited the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), where he met and discussed the current situation with the bank's management. Mr Thedéen is thus the first central bank governor to visit the NBU in Kyiv. The Riksbank...
The Riksbank reduces the currency risk in the foreign exchange reserves
21/09/2023 -The Riksbank announced in June that it intended to investigate the issue of reducing currency risk in the foreign exchange (FX) reserves. The Riksbank has now decided to hedge a part of the FX reserves by selling USD 8 billion and EUR 2 billion...
The Riksbank is considering hedging part of the foreign exchange reserves
29/06/2023 -Within the framework of asset management, the Riksbank intends to examine the prerequisites for reducing the currency risk, where a possible measure is to hedge part of the foreign exchange reserves. The starting point for this is that the...
Aino Bunge: Inflation is in the process of stabilising at the target, but the way forward is not entirely smooth
18/04/2024 -"Inflation is stabilising at the target and there may therefore be scope for a rate cut in May or June. But monetary policy must take a learning approach on what could be a crooked path towards a neutral interest rate level. The world is...
Aino Bunge: Lower interest rates provide relief but do not solve structural challenges in the housing market
17/10/2024 -“There is more confidence that we have left the period of high inflation behind us. Outcomes and indicators also implies that inflation will remain in line with the target. For this reason we have been able to cut the policy rate gradually but at...
Erik Thedéen: Pleasing that inflation has fallen back
23/04/2024 -"Inflation has moved in the right direction and the latest outcome was significantly lower than our forecast. The fall in inflation is good news and very welcome. This paves the way for improved purchasing power.” This was the message from...