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Card payments still dominate
07/11/2019 -The majority of household purchases in Sweden are made by card. In ten years, the average Swede has doubled their card use. However, large-scale payments often take place between companies and authorities and are done via credit transfers. Card...
FAQs on funding for lending programmes
21/09/2021 -The Riksbank decided to terminate this programme on 20 September 2021. The last auction procedure of the programme was held on 10 September 2021. In this programme, the Riksbank offered funding to banks of up to SEK 500 billion against collateral...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
10/10/2019 -The year’s second edition of the Economic Review contains four articles spanning a broad field of central-bank-related areas. The first article is about the Riksbank’s balance sheet and the link to financial independence. The second article...
Why are people in Sweden no longer using cash?
29/10/2020 -Apart from Sweden, it is only in Norway that the amount of cash in circulation has fallen over the last ten years. For Sweden, this may be due to measures making cash less attractive being introduced at about the same time as Swish was emerging as...
International payments need to be improved
29/10/2020 -Payments between Sweden and the euro area function as smoothly as payments within Sweden. However, payments to countries with other currencies than the euro are often slow and expensive. International payments need to be improved...
Digital money – the Riksbank’s e-krona pilot
29/10/2020 -The Riksbank is investigating whether it would be possible to issue kronor to the general public in digital form, an ‘e-krona’. This would allow the general public access to the Riksbank’s money even if cash were to become further marginalised...
International cooperation on central bank digital currency
29/10/2020 -In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have decreased in many countries. This has led to central bank cooperation on central bank digital currency landing high up on the policy agenda. International cooperation on central bank...
Lower labour shortage could partly explain low wage growth
14/11/2019 -Nominal wage increases in Sweden have been unusually low in recent years, despite a strong outcome for the Swedish labour market. Several indicators point to demand for labour having exceeded supply, which according to the textbook should have...
Making forecasts of the krona exchange rate
29/11/2019 -The best method for predicting the krona exchange rate depends on the forecast horizon. Up to one year ahead, the best forecast for the krona exchange rate is its level at forecast date. At longer horizons, the best forecast is based on the...