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Erik Thedéen: Signs of economic rebound, but uncertainty remains high
06/02/2025 -"We have cut the policy rate by a relatively large amount in a short period of time and it takes time for the cuts to attain full impact. This suggests a degree of patience in monetary policy going forward. I think the various statements about...
Cecilia Skingsley: High inflation and a rising repo rate – what happens to the Riksbank's balance sheet?
06/05/2022 -"The relatively short maturity on the Riksbank's asset holdings means that the majority will mature within three years, if the Executive Board chooses to conclude its reinvestment programme. In my opinion, this makes it unlikely that the...
Breman: Monetary policy after corona – we need to think along new lines
23/02/2021 -“The pandemic and its economic consequences have made it perfectly clear that we cannot predict what the next economic crisis will look like – neither when it comes to what will trigger it nor what type of monetary policy response it may need.”...
A Riksbank equipped for the future
08/12/2020 -“Our focus has been on keeping interest rates low and ensuring that there is good access to liquidity. We have wanted to provide the economy with the best conditions possible to recover after the coronavirus pandemic and, as usual, to get...
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...
Big data project may provide better inflation forecasts
15/01/2018 -In a pilot project, three economists at the Riksbank have collected prices for fruit and vegetables from the Internet using so-called web scraping. The results indicate that the method may provide more accurate inflation forecasts over the short...
10 years since Lehman Brothers - theme of the new issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
21/12/2018 -This year, it is 10 years since the US investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and the global financial crisis became acute. This anniversary has been observed in many different connections, both internationally and in Sweden.
Ingves: Inflation target and floating exchange rate have worked well in Sweden
27/03/2019 -There is lively discussion about the weak krona. Why is the Riksbank not doing something about the exchange rate? Are Swedes getting poorer? These issues and a few more are discussed by Stefan Ingves in an article in the Swedish daily Dagens...
The Riksbank supports the proposal for LCR requirements in individual currencies
10/04/2019 -The Riksbank has long considered that the Swedish banks should face Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requirements in both Swedish krona and other significant currencies. It is therefore good that Finansinspektionen is proposing LCR requirements...
How should Swedish securities be settled in the future?
17/06/2019 -A structural transformation of securities trading in Sweden and in Europe is currently under way. As the central bank, the Riksbank has an important role for both the safety and efficiency of securities settlement. In a Riksbank Study, the...