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Wave of devaluations starts
07/02/2018 -In Europe, governments try to set up new exchange rate agreements with each other. Sweden participates in these attempts but, under the pressure of deteriorated competitiveness, the krona is devalued repeatedly from 1976 on.
Bengt Dennis becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Under Bengt Dennis, the marginal rate is raised to 500 per cent for a couple of days in 1992. The fixed exchange rate is replaced by a floating one. Dennis also manages a financial and banking crisis and introduces the Riksbank’s inflation...
The November Revolution
07/02/2018 -The internationalisation of the financial market leads increasing numbers of countries to soften up their financial market regulation in the 1970s and 1980s. Sweden resists long, but starts to dismantle regulation in 1985.
The krona is pegged to the ECU
07/02/2018 -On 17 May 1991, the Riksbank decides to peg the krona to the European Currency Unit (ECU). This link is unilateral. There is no agreement with the EC countries and no obligation to maintain a particular exchange rate. To begin with, the ECU link...
Interest rate 500% – the krona floats
07/02/2018 -In autumn 1992, the Riksbank raises the interest rate to 500 per cent to defend the krona. This defence fails and the krona exchange rate is floated.
Large regional variations in household indebtedness
15/01/2018 -A new economic commentary describes the variation in indebtedness across Sweden. It shows that households in metropolitan areas are the most indebted while the average loan-to-value ratio for house-owners is lowest in these areas.
Minutes from the Financial Stability Council meeting on 12 June 2017
15/01/2018 -Representatives for the Swedish Government, Finansinspektionen, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swedish National Debt Office met on 12 June to discuss the general stability situation, the need for analyses and possible measures, as well as upcoming...
Open hearing of Riksdag Committee on Finance on financial stability
15/01/2018 -Stefan Ingves will today present the Riksbank's view of the current state of financial stability and the need for action at the Riksdag Committee on Finance's open hearing on financial stability. The Director General of Finansinspektionen Erik...
Big data project may provide better inflation forecasts
15/01/2018 -In a pilot project, three economists at the Riksbank have collected prices for fruit and vegetables from the Internet using so-called web scraping. The results indicate that the method may provide more accurate inflation forecasts over the short...
Good atmosphere at the Riksbank
17/01/2018 -Riksbank employees feel there is a good atmosphere at the bank and give their managers high marks. This is revealed in the latest employee survey.