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Inflation Report 2/1999 Monetary policy's economic impact

I N F L A T I O N R E P O R T 2 / 1 9 9 9 12 Interest rates, exchange rate and money supply bond rates still low Long bond rates have fallen by degrees in recent years, in Sweden as well as abroad. Important domestic factors behind the lower...

Monetary Policy Report February 2009 The financial crisis and the effects of monetary policy

■ 54 M O N E T A R Y P O L IC Y R E P O R T F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9 CHAPTER 3 – ARTICLE The currently higher difference between the Riksbank’s repo rate and the banks’ lending rates does not necessarily mean that the effects of monetary policy...

Inflation Report 3/1997 Monetary policy and inflation targeting

I N F L A T I O N R E P O R T 3 / 1 9 9 7 26 MONETARY POLICY AND INFLATION TARGETING For some years now, monetary policy in many countries, including Sweden, has been conducted with the objective of fulfilling an inflation target. Today there is...

Inflation Report 1/1997 Rigidities in the Swedish labour market

I N F L A T I O N R E P O R T 1 / 1 9 9 7 12 RIGIDITIES IN THE SWEDISH LABOUR MARKET In recent years the ability of Sweden’s labour mar- ket to adapt to changes in the demand situation seems to have worsened. One sign of this is a change in the...

Inflation Report 4/1997 Rented dwellings market

Costs for rented dwellings are the largest single item in Sweden’s consumer price index (over 11 per cent). Insights into pricing in this market are therefore of importance for monetary policy. Over the past two decades, dwelling rents have...

Quarterly Review 1991:2

Inflation Report 2006/3 Monetary policy in Sweden

6 IN F L A T IO N R E P O R T 2 0 0 6 / 3 DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION  The statutory objective of monetary policy is to maintain price stability. This was established in the changes to the Sveriges Riksbank Act, which came into force in 1999. In...

Inflation Report 2005/2 Longer-term forecasts under the assumption that the repo rate evolves in line with implied forward rates

56 IN F L A T IO N R E P O R T 2 0 0 5 / 2 INFLATION ASSESSMENT This box presents forecasts for Swedish inflation that extend one year beyond the horizon in the Inflation Report’s main scenario. Moreover, the interest rate assumption on which the...

Economic Review 2001:2 article 1 How can central banks promote financial stability?

The Riksbank organised a one-day workshop in January  on the theme of what central banks can do to promote stability in the financial system. A number of experts – both academics and economists from other central banks – were invited for a...

Summary terms,short

Summary auction terms for credit in SEK with a variable interest rate DATE: 4 February 2010 DEPARTMENT: Monetary Policy Department REFERENCE: Division for Market Analysis and Operations, +46-(0)8-696 69 70 SVERIGES RIKSBANK SE-103 37 Stockholm (...