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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...
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.
Calendar updated for first half of 2021
16/07/2020 -The Riksbank's calender has been updated with the dates of the Executive Board meetings and the dates on which the Monetary Policy Reports, the minutes of the monetary policy meetings and the Financial Stability Reports will be published during...
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,...
Changed consumption during the pandemic affects inflation
18/12/2020 -The pandemic has significantly changed how and what we consume. Jesper Johansson, Mårten Löf and Oskar Tysklind explain in an Economic Commentary how our new consumption patterns affect inflation and the way it is measured.
Conversations with Economics Nobel laureates in new podcast
30/01/2020 -In a new podcast launched today, you can listen to conversations with some of the past winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Employment among older people may increase
25/02/2020 -Employment among older people has been increasing over a long period of time. This is at least partly due to various political measures aimed to increase labour force participation among people in the age group 55-74 years and the demand for...
A Riksbank employee has tested positive for the coronavirus
09/03/2020 -An employee of the Riksbank who has holidayed in northern Italy tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday. This person has worked from home since they arrived back in Sweden last Saturday, in line with the Riksbank's recommendations to its...
Can digital central bank currencies function as cash?
16/02/2021 -Many central banks are currently researching the possibility of issuing digital money (central bank digital currency - CBDC) as a complement to the central bank money we use today, namely cash. However, digital central bank currencies would not...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
19/03/2021 -The first edition of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review for 2021 contains four articles, which all cover subjects related to central bank core activities. The first article discusses why the krona weakened during the period from 2013 to the...