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Anders Gånge appointed acting head of the Markets Department
08/07/2025 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Anders Gånge as acting head of the Markets Department, replacing Heidi Elmér, who is leaving the Riksbank to take up a new position as CEO of PP Pension. Anders Gånge currently works as deputy...
Anna Seim: The role of alternative scenarios in monetary policy communication
02/07/2025 -“The policy rate path and carefully crafted alternative scenarios are crucial communication tools for the Riksbank, especially in times of great uncertainty. Together they help us highlight risks and convey our reaction function.” These were the...
Erik Thedéen: If the outlook remains the same, the policy rate may be cut again
15/01/2025 -In an uncertain world, it is important that we have our own house in order. The Swedish economy is fundamentally stable and there are good prospects for stronger growth and rising employment during the year. But we need to be vigilant about...
Anna Seim: The Riksbank's new assessment of the long-term neutral interest rate
26/11/2024 -The neutral interest rate is a concept that is central both in research and in the central banking world, and which has begun to be discussed increasingly in Sweden. But what does the term mean and how does the Riksbank view the neutral interest...
Per Jansson: Reassuring inflationary pressures but uncertainty abroad
27/11/2024 -"We have now cut the policy rate four times in six months, by a total of 1.25 percentage points. This has been gradual, but also fairly rapid, and more than in almost all other comparable countries. A lower interest rate strengthens households'...
Erik Thedéen on monetary policy in 2023: The Riksbank’s policy rate rises contributed to lower inflation
28/05/2024 -“The period we have been through saw the highest inflation since the early 1990s, and it has required more rate rises than we initially estimated to handle it. Over the year, inflation fell by 8 percentage points and it now appears to be back...
Anna Breman in Sala: Low and stable inflation contributes to stronger economic development
11/09/2024 -First Deputy Governor Anna Breman visits Sala on Wednesday to speak at the business week organised to mark the 400th anniversary of the town.
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...
Ohlsson: War often leads to inflation
17/05/2022 -In a speech at Uppsala University, Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson observed that inflation in the 1900s has tended to rise in connection with wars. This applies both to countries directly involved in the war and those that are not.
Anna Breman: We need to continue to act to bring inflation back to the target
09/06/2022 -"Inflation is too high, it is too broad and it is hurting households and firms. The mandate we have been given by the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) is to maintain price stability. For inflation to be low and stable again, we need to gradually...