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New dialogue forum for the e-krona
10/06/2022 -The Riksbank is gathering together experts in a new dialogue forum on the e-krona, a digital complement to cash. The forum consists of representatives from banks, FinTech, retail and universities. Their knowledge is considered to be particularly...
The Riksbank expands its reporting of climate-related information
12/04/2022 -The Riksbank starts publishing the carbon footprint of the assets in the foreign exchange reserves. The carbon footprint of the Riksbank’s foreign exchange reserves was 298,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents per billion dollars of GDP on...
The Riksbank responds to Flug and Honohan’s review of monetary policy, 2015-2020
25/05/2022 -Historically, 2015-2020 was an exceptional monetary policy period, with low inflation, a negative repo rate and strongly growing balance sheets in the central banks. The Executive Board welcomes the reviewers’ work and their assessment that the...
Riksbank bond purchases also lower short-term interest rates
16/12/2021 -A stated objective of central bank bond purchases is to lower long-term interest rates. The government bond purchases of the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, have, however, also lowered interest rates for short-term holding periods. These...
How does the climate transition affect inflation?
13/04/2022 -To limit global warming, we need to consume less fossil fuels. An important part of the strategy for achieving this is to make the cost of such consumption more expensive than more environmentally friendly alternatives. This is one of the...
Central banks and BIS explore possible design of central bank digital currencies
30/09/2021 -Today the Bank for International Settlement, BIS, is publishing three new reports on central bank digital currencies, CBDCs. These reports, which have been produced together with seven central banks, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the...
Climate risks affect the policy work
14/12/2021 -Climate change, and the measures taken to manage it, may affect the conditions for the Riksbank to fulfil its mandate. It is therefore important for the Riksbank to follow, understand and, as far as this is compatible with its remit, include...
Purchases of commercial paper every second week
20/10/2021 -The Riksbank’s purchases of commercial paper are being switched from auctions once a week to auctions every second week. From now on, the auctions will be held in weeks with even numbers (week 44, 46, etc.). Demand has been very low over the...
Staff Memo: Appropriate capital ratios in major Swedish banks – new perspectives
17/01/2018 -The authors of a new Staff Memo present new calculations showing that higher capital ratios for the major Swedish banks could be justified because the social benefit be expected to outweigh the social cost. These calculations indicate that an...
Swedish monetary policy in line with the Taylor Rule
15/01/2018 -Swedish monetary policy, since the inflation target was introduced, is in line with a so-called Taylor Rule. Today's very expansionary monetary policy, with a negative interest rate, is in line with the Taylor Rule if one takes into account the...