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How the Riksbank creates money in times of crisis
11/06/2020 -The Riksbank and other central banks around the world have implemented extensive measures to alleviate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. Many of the measures involve creating large volumes of new money. But how is...
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 5 June 2020
12/06/2020 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 5 June to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
The Riksbank to offer fifth loan in US dollars on Thursday 30 April
28/04/2020 -The Riksbank decided on 19 March to offer loans to banks in US dollars (USD) against collateral. Four auctions have taken place, on 26 March, 2 April, 16 April and 23 April. The fifth auction is for USD 10 billion with a maturity of 3 months and...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 21 April 2020
04/05/2020 -On 21 April an extraordinary monetary policy meeting was held as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Commercial paper purchases continue
08/05/2020 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has today decided that the purchases of commercial paper will with effect from 11 May also include paper with a remaining time to maturity of up to six months. The Executive Board has also decided that the...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 27 April 2020
11/05/2020 -At the monetary policy meeting on 27 April 2020, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided on continued purchases of government and mortgage bonds up to the end of September 2020 and to leave the repo rate unchanged at zero percent.
Corona pandemic increasing risks to financial stability
20/05/2020 -The corona pandemic has had serious consequences for the global economy. Around the world, powerful measures have been implemented to mitigate the effects on the real economy and reduce turbulence on financial markets. In Sweden, too, the...
The functioning of the fixed-income market has deteriorated due to the coronavirus pandemic
16/06/2020 -The functioning of the Swedish fixed-income market is considered to have deteriorated, compared with last autumn, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is revealed by the Riksbank's Financial markets survey, which was carried out in April and...
Riksbank gives loan to IMF for lending to low-income countries
16/06/2020 -The Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) has given its approval to the Riksbank lending around SEK 6.9 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for onward lending to low-income countries as part of the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
18/06/2020 -The second issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review in 2020 has a special theme, namely central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the e-krona. Regular readers of the Economic Review may remember that there was a theme issue on the e-krona in...