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Anna Breman: The Swedish economy is in a good position in a turbulent world
25/04/2025 -The recent sharp shifts in US trade policy have led to large movements in financial markets. “Trade barriers are bad for economic development. Much remains unclear about the scope and duration of the tariffs, making the assessment of their...
Flodén and Ingves at the Riksdag Committee on Finance Monetary policy needs to be sustained
19/10/2021 -The Swedish economy has recovered rapidly in the pandemic, supported by extensive economic policy measures. This comment was made by Governor Stefan Ingves in his introduction, when he and Deputy Governor Martin Flodén today took part in the...
Per Jansson: Strong reasons to expect inflation to fall back
01/04/2025 -“In a turbulent world, central banks must be as predictable as possible and not contribute to further uncertainty. I believe this is best done by having a clear focus on maintaining confidence in the inflation target. Temporary deviations from...
Anna Breman: Large differences between households when inflation is high, but all are affected negatively
30/08/2023 -“When inflation is high, as it is today, everyone is affected negatively. At the same time, there are large differences between the cost-of-living increases that different households face. For some households, inflation is significantly higher...
Bunge: Inflation on the way down, but weak krona contributing to uncertainty
11/12/2023 -“Monetary policy is working and inflation is on the way down. But it is much too early to say that we are done fighting inflation. There is still a risk for setbacks and a weak krona is part of this.” This was said by Deputy Governor Aino Bunge...
Per Jansson: Inflation on firmer ground – a rate cut in the first half of the year is a possibility
08/02/2024 -“It is good news that inflationary pressures have continued to ease and this makes it possible to cut the policy rate earlier than we thought at our monetary policy meeting in November. But I find it difficult to imagine that it will be a direct...
Anna Breman: New research on the psychology of inflation valuable when addressing monetary policy challenges
12/04/2024 -Inflation has fallen from high levels, but the risk of setbacks remains. An important factor is that households' inflation expectations are still at a high level. It is important to understand why this is the case and how it may affect inflation...
Erik Thedéen: Better economic performance thanks to economic policy frameworks
10/10/2024 -"Low and stable inflation, strong public finances with extensive automatic stabilisers, predictable nominal wage increases and a stable financial system – all these elements are needed for a sustainable stable and good development of the Swedish...
Flodén: Monetary policy will bring inflation back to target
06/04/2022 -“The Riksbank's monetary policy obviously cannot affect the high international commodity and shipping prices and it is unavoidable that near-term inflation will remain high. But our monetary policy can ensure that inflation does not remain...
Breman: High inflation – the interest rate may need to be raised earlier
23/03/2022 -“Energy and food prices will probably continue to be high in the period ahead. The main reason is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The earlier rise in inflation may thus be further exacerbated. This is because Russia exports significant quantities...