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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...
Swedish banknotes and coins – the Riksbank's new responsibility for cash handling
29/10/2020 -According to the proposed new Sveriges Riksbank Act, the Riksbank will have greater and clearer responsibility for cash handling in society. As it is becoming less and less profitable to transport cash, the Riksbank may need to build up more...
Payments in crisis situations and under heightened alert
29/10/2020 -It will be the Riksbank’s responsibility to ensure the general public can make essential payments in crisis situations and under heightened alert, which is to say during war or under threat of war. This is specified in the proposed new Sveriges...
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...
Strong support for harmonisation of the Swedish securities market
12/05/2021 -There is strong support in the Swedish securities market for harmonisation to European standards. This is indicated by a summary of the responses received by the Riksbank to its consultation “Use of T2S for securities settlement in central bank...
Survey analysis of the financial market’s inflation expectations
19/05/2021 -An analysis of the Riksbank’s various surveys of inflation expectations shows that the money market participants’ long-term inflation expectations, on average, have been close to the inflation target of 2 per cent since 2010.
Globalised world requires harmonisation of the payment and securities market
21/05/2021 -In a constantly changing world, small markets like Sweden should not be left outside the larger markets. Sweden must therefore continue to harmonise with European standards allowing Swedish companies and consumers to a greater extent benefit...
Pass-through of negative policy rates
28/05/2021 -There is a strong link between the repo rate and the interest rates faced by borrowers. This link was strong even when the repo rate was negative. This is demonstrated by Henrik Erikson and David Vestin in the Economic Commentary “Pass-through...
Riksbank begins cooperation with external participants in e-krona pilot
28/05/2021 -During the next phase of the e-krona pilot, the Riksbank will test the technical solution for the e-krona together with Handelsbanken and TietoEVRY. The e-krona pilot is therefore moving on from only having simulated participants to cooperation...