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Staff Memo: Appropriate capital ratios in major Swedish banks – new perspectives
17/01/2018 -The authors of a new Staff Memo present new calculations showing that higher capital ratios for the major Swedish banks could be justified because the social benefit be expected to outweigh the social cost. These calculations indicate that an...
Urban Bäckström becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -By the time Urban Bäckström becomes Governor of the Riksbank, the financial system has started to recover from the financial crisis. The Riksbank becomes formally independent. Sweden joins the EU and preparations for the possibility of joining...
Sweden signs the Maastricht Treaty
07/02/2018 -After the referendum on EU membership, Sweden signs the Maastricht Treaty. One important part of the treaty is that states will commit to giving their central banks an independent status. The central banks shall stand above political influence...
New law gives the Riksbank more independence
07/02/2018 -The Sveriges Riksbank Act is changed to give the Riksbank a more independent role. The bank’s task of maintaining price stability is also confirmed by law. Moreover, the Riksbank shall promote a safe and efficient payment system.
Lars Heikensten becomes Governor of the Riksbank
07/02/2018 -Heikensten has eight years’ experience of the role of Deputy Governor before he becomes Governor of the Riksbank. During his tenure, he manages interest rate cuts and Sweden’s referendum on the EMU.
Stefan Ingves becomes Governor of the Riksbank
09/02/2018 -Ingves is Governor when the Executive Board takes the historic decision to cut the repo rate to zero in 2014 and then to introduce a negative interest rate in 2015.
Repo rate cut to 0 per cent
09/02/2018 -In October 2014, the Riksbank cuts the repo rate to 0 per cent. Its aim is to increase demand in the economy and bring inflation up. This is a historic event; never in the Riksbank’s almost 350-year history has the interest rate been so low.
Riksbank Study: Evaluation of the Riksbank's forecasts
17/01/2018 -The Riksbank and other forecasters have, on average, overestimated GDP growth and inflationary pressures in Sweden over the past 10 years. The accuracy of the Riksbank’s forecasts for CPIF inflation has been in line with the average among all...
Proposal from the Ministry of Finance for more macroprudential policy tools
17/01/2018 -The Riksbank welcomes the Ministry of Finance’s proposal regarding further tools for macroprudential policy. It is important that the Government and the Riksdag quickly clarify the mandate for Finansinspektionen to take measures so that...
Negative repo rate is introduced
09/02/2018 -The increasingly low rate of inflation leads to a series of repo rate cuts. In February 2015, the repo rate becomes negative for the first time. The Riksbank also starts to purchase government bonds to lower interest rates in general across the...