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How bad loans affect banks and financial stability
14/03/2019 -Bad loans arise when the borrower no longer pays in accordance with terms of the loan. Large volumes of bad loans can cause banks to encounter problems with their capital adequacy and, at worst, lead to bankruptcy. The Economic Commentary “Bad...
Amended Terms and Conditions for RIX and Monetary Policy Instruments
18/03/2019 -The Riksbank is amending the contractual conditions applying to participants in the Swedish payment system RIX and participants in the monetary policy operational framework. Among other changes, the requirements placed on RIX participants and...
International conference on current economic challenges
12/04/2019 -On 2–3 May, the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and the Riksbank are arranging an international conference with the title “Global Economies at the Crossroads: Growing Together While Growing Apart?”...
The Riksbank’s oversight of the financial infrastructure
18/05/2018 -The Riksbank oversees the financial infrastructure to carry out its statutory tasks of promoting a safe and efficient payment system and maintaining price stability. A smoothly-functioning financial infrastructure is essential for payments and...
New committee for the Scandinavian Foreign Exchange Market
31/05/2018 -A Scandinavian FX Committee has been established. This Committee will provide a forum bringing together representatives of the Scandinavian central banks and market participants to meet regularly and discuss current issues on the wholesale...
Perspectives on the krona, inflation and monetary policy
04/12/2019 -It is challenging to sort out what drives the exchange rate and what the exchange rate means for inflation and monetary policy. In the Economic Commentary “Perspectives on the krona, inflation and monetary policy”, the authors use the Riksbank’s...
E-krona project enters next phase
22/02/2022 -How might an e-krona be designed? The Riksbank has examined this during the recently completed phase 2 of the e-krona project. Going forward, the focus will be on using the lessons learned from analyses and technical tests to formulate the...
Riksbank staff wartime deployment
14/03/2022 -In 2015, the Government decided that Sweden should resume its total defence planning. The Riksbank is part of Sweden's total defence and therefore needs to be able to maintain priority operations and ensure appropriate staffing in the event of a...
Forum being established to increase the use of transaction-based reference rates
08/06/2022 -The Riksbank considers that fully transaction-based reference rates are more reliable than assessment-based interbank rates, and that the increased use of transaction-based reference rates contributes to the promotion of financial stability. This...
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for 2022
10/10/2022 -The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2022 (the Nobel Prize in Economics) to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig for their...