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Dag Edvardsson new General Counsel to the Riksbank
07/01/2020 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Dag Edvardsson as new General Counsel to the Riksbank. His most recent post was Senior Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Finance. He will take up the position on 1 March 2020.
New challengers on the mortgage market
15/01/2020 -In Sweden, the norm is for mortgages to be issued by banks. But new players, known as mortgage credit companies, are now challenging this norm. A new Economic Commentary describes the development of these new players in Sweden and draws...
Difficult to compare consumer price indices between countries
24/01/2020 -Consumer price indices and inflation rates can vary between different countries, due in part to data being collected and processed in different ways. This is important to bear in mind when comparing measurements of consumer prices in different...
The Riksbank’s measures during the financial crisis protected financial stability
06/02/2020 -During the financial crisis, the Riksbank took a number of measures to limit the financial consequences for the Swedish financial system and to protect financial stability. A new Riksbank Study gives a detailed chronological description of the...
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo och Michael Kremer awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences for 2019
14/10/2019 -The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2019 (the Nobel Prize in Economics) to Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,...
Prosperity growth in Sweden compares well with other countries
06/11/2019 -Since the financial crisis, prosperity has had weaker development in many countries, including Sweden. The weak development in Sweden over the past three years has led to a discussion of how prosperity in Sweden compares with that of other...
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...
Ingves: Resilience to cyber attacks must be strengthened further
28/11/2019 -The Riksbank, in cooperation with the other Nordic central banks, is today arranging a conference on cyber security in the financial sector. This is the third of a series of annual conferences arranged by the Nordic central banks. Governor...
Proposed new Sveriges Riksbank Act
29/11/2019 -The Riksbank Committee has submitted its final report “En ny riksbankslag” (A new Sveriges Riksbank Act) to Minister for Financial Markets Per Bolund. The Committee was instructed to conduct a review of the monetary policy framework and the...
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...