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Monetary policy and behavioural economics
10/04/2024 -Do households think about interest rates and wages in real or nominal terms when making financial decisions? Does 'mental accounting' affect households' willingness to buy different types of goods and services at different times? How can...
The e-krona pilot phase 4: offline payments with e-krona
20/03/2024 -The Riksbank's e-krona pilot is now releasing its fourth and final report, which analyses how an e-krona could work in practice, if a decision is taken to issue a central bank digital currency. In the report, the Riksbank has further...
Committee on Finance hearing on the Riksbank's operations and monetary policy
12/03/2024 -On Tuesday, the entire Executive Board took part in an open hearing at the Committee on Finance about the Riksbank's operations and its Annual Report for 2023, as well as current monetary policy.
Settlement of money and securities in central bank money reduces risk
20/02/2024 -In times of change, it is important that the actors in the financial system work to provide safe systems for the settlement of money and securities. Lena Wiberg writes in a new Economic Commentary that one way of reducing risks in settlement is...
Old API for interest rates and exchange rates will close on 27 May 2024
08/02/2024 -The Riksbank has developed a new and more modern REST API (Application Programming Interface) for interest rates and exchange rates, which was launched on 27 November 2023. The Riksbank’s old SOAP API will close on 27 May 2024. When it closes,...
The Riksbank publishes the IMF's statement on the Swedish economy
05/02/2024 -A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today concludes its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the regular consultations that the IMF has with its member countries, the so-called Article IV consultations.
Press conference on the IMF’s assessment of the Swedish economy
01/02/2024 -On Monday 5 February, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will conclude its visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the regular consultations that the IMF has with its member countries, the so-called Article IV...
Shorter update in connection with the next monetary policy decision
22/01/2024 -As previously announced, the Executive Board will hold eight regular monetary policy meetings per year with effect from this year. After four of these meetings, a Monetary Policy Report with forecasts will be published. A shorter Monetary Policy...
Difficult to make forecasts when conditions change drastically
19/01/2024 -Neither the central banks nor other forecasters predicted how quickly inflation would rise in 2021 and 2022, and inflation forecasts accordingly showed major forecasting errors. The Riksbank's forecasting ability for 2021 was good. In 2022 it...
Does inflation rise when the policy rate is raised?
12/01/2024 -Although there is broad consensus that inflation falls when the central bank raises its policy rate, there are mechanisms and channels that may lead to the opposite effect. For example, interest rates also represent a cost for households and...