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Cryptoassets may entail risks to the financial system
19/05/2022 -Fintech contributes innovation and development in the financial system, but can also present challenges for authorities and risks to the financial system, particularly with regard to cryptoassets. As fintech and cryptoassets have increased in...
Import prices, labour costs and profits – what role have they played in inflation dynamics?
29/09/2023 -What is the significance of rising prices on imported goods and services, and what role have corporate profits and labour costs played in inflation dynamics?...
New mapping of the investment fund sector's cross-border links
08/08/2023 -A new Staff Memo has for the first time mapped the Swedish cross-border links generated by the investment portfolios of the rapidly growing investment fund sector. The author, Samantha Myers, senior economist at the Financial stability...
New Staff Memo: Buy now, pay later – a threat to financial stability?
05/09/2023 -Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a payment option that has grown significantly in recent years. Nanna Svahn, senior economist at the Financial Stability Department, has therefore analysed the potential threats to financial stability posed by the...
The money market is central to the implementation of monetary policy
21/08/2024 -In a new staff memo, the authors show that interest rates in the money market were affected in the way that could be expected when the Riksbank raised the policy rate in 2022 and 2023. The staff memo also illustrates transaction patterns,...
How the Riksbank's asset purchases during the pandemic affected various financial prices
11/03/2022 -The Riksbank’s asset purchases during the pandemic contributed to more expansionary financial conditions via lower yields, in particular on municipal bonds and covered bonds, a somewhat weaker krona and slightly higher equity prices. This is...
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...
Zombie firms in Sweden do not constitute a threat to either financial stability or economic growth
29/09/2020 -In most developed countries, there has been an increase in economically weak companies, known as “zombie firms”. Cristina Cella has studied Swedish zombie firms. Her analysis shows that zombie firms have not increased dramatically in Sweden over...
Staff Memo: The problems with an ageing population can have a greater impact on forecasts
19/02/2025 -Ageing populations will hold back economic growth in many countries in the coming decades - Sweden is no exception. Demographics are already a factor in the Riksbank's forecasting, but major changes are now expected in a relatively short time.
Swedish equity funds far from Paris Agreement target
17/04/2023 -Cristina Cella, an advisor at the Riksbank, has examined the temperature alignments of 122 Swedish equity funds in a new Staff Memo. The results suggest that the funds in the sample on average are aligned to a temperature increase of 2.77 °C,...