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Housing prices and household indebtedness – the foremost risk
14/01/2018 -Households’ high and rising indebtedness form a serious threat to financial and macroeconomic stability. Further measures need to be introduced to increase the resilience of the household sector and reduce risks. There are also vulnerabilities...
A month to go before Linné, Karl XI and older coins become invalid
14/01/2018 -There is just one month to go before the old 100- and 500-krona banknotes and the old 1-, 2- and 5-krona coins become invalid. There is still SEK 9.2 billion in banknotes and SEK 1.9 billion in coins left in circulation. This is why the Riksbank...
Riksbank calls on banks and retailers to take greater responsibility for coin changeover
14/01/2018 -The Riksbank calls on the banks to ensure that their customers in the retail trade have sufficient supplies of new coins prior to the conclusion of the coin changeover. At the same time, the Riksbank calls on the retail trade to stop handing out...
Just over SEK 8 billion left – banks can still accept older banknotes and coins
14/01/2018 -Friday 30 June is the last day the older 100- and 500-krona banknotes and the older 1-, 2- and 5-krona coins can be used as legal tender. It is still possible to deposit them in a bank account, however.
The Riksbank considers new target variable and variation band
14/01/2018 -The Riksbank is considering changing the target variable for the inflation target to the CPIF. As inflation will always vary around 2 per cent, a variation band of +/- 1 percentage point is being also considered to illustrate this uncertainty.
Henrik Braconier new Head of the Financial Stability Department
14/01/2018 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Henrik Braconier as new Head of the Financial Stability Department. Henrik Braconier is currently Chief Economist at Finansinspektionen (the Swedish financial supervisory authority). He will take...
Olof Sandstedt acting Head of the Financial Stability Department as of 7 June
14/01/2018 -The Executive Board of the Riksbank has appointed Olof Sandstedt as acting Head of the Financial Stability Department as of 7 June. He will take over from Kasper Roszbach, who is to start at Norges Bank as director of research.
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 20 December 2016
28/08/2018 -At the monetary policy meeting on 20 December, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to continue purchasing government bonds during the first six months of 2017, both nominal and real bonds, each corresponding to SEK 15 billion. In...
Important to have sufficient foreign currency reserve rapidly available in a crisis
14/01/2018 -The Riksbank welcomes the fact that the question of financial independence is further being investigated by the Ministry of Finance, and supports several of the proposals in the draft referral to the Council on Legislation. But the Riksbank must...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 26 April 2017
17/01/2018 -At the monetary policy meeting on 26 April, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to continue purchasing government bonds during the second half of 2017, both nominal and real bonds, each corresponding to SEK 7.5 billion. Maturities and...