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New loan opportunities within corporate loan programme via the banks
23/03/2020 -The Riksbank has decided that between 27 March and 17 April 2020, on four occasions, it will offer a total of SEK 400 billion in loans to the banks to increase their loans to companies. This is part of the corporate loan programme via monetary...
The Riksbank to join the ECB’s TIPS platform
03/04/2020 -The Riksbank has today entered into an agreement on connecting a new service, RIX-INST, to the Eurosystem’s TIPS payment platform. This means that payments between banks will be able to be made instantly, round-the-clock, all year round, in...
Payments in Sweden 2020
29/10/2020 -Cash usage is at the lowest level ever. Less than one-tenth of all payments are made in cash. Instead, people in Sweden are paying more often by card or the app Swish. This trend has grown stronger during the coronavirus pandemic. To prepare for...
The risks in the financial system have increased
01/06/2023 -The high inflation and higher interest rates are challenging the stability of the global financial system. Recently, various crisis-related events have arisen abroad, requiring authorities to take measures to avoid a possible financial crisis.
The Riksbank is considering hedging part of the foreign exchange reserves
29/06/2023 -Within the framework of asset management, the Riksbank intends to examine the prerequisites for reducing the currency risk, where a possible measure is to hedge part of the foreign exchange reserves. The starting point for this is that the...
Anna Seim new Deputy Governor
15/03/2024 -The General Council of the Riksbank decided today to appoint Anna Seim new member of the Executive Board of the Riksbank. Anna Seim succeeds Martin Flodén, whose term of office expires on 21 May 2024.
Important to have sufficient foreign currency reserve rapidly available in a crisis
14/01/2018 -The Riksbank welcomes the fact that the question of financial independence is further being investigated by the Ministry of Finance, and supports several of the proposals in the draft referral to the Council on Legislation. But the Riksbank must...
Political uncertainty in EU worries market participants
14/01/2018 -The majority of the market participants responding to the spring Risk Survey consider there are risks linked to political uncertainty in the EU. The low interest rates, household indebtedness and high housing and property prices are also...
Olof Sandstedt acting Head of the Financial Stability Department as of 7 June
14/01/2018 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Olof Sandstedt as acting Head of the Financial Stability Department as of 7 June. He will take over from Kasper Roszbach, who is to start at Norges Bank as director of research.
Housing prices and household indebtedness – the foremost risk
14/01/2018 -Households’ high and rising indebtedness form a serious threat to financial and macroeconomic stability. Further measures need to be introduced to increase the resilience of the household sector and reduce risks. There are also vulnerabilities...