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Entering into repurchasing agreements
20/02/2025 -The Riksbank may provide general liquidity support to counteract serious disturbances in the financial system in Sweden by entering into repurchase agreements. A repurchase agreement is a contract for the purchase or exchange of financial...
Riksbank Symposium on Central Bank Independence will be live streamed on riksbank.se
09/01/2023 -Sveriges Riksbank is organising an international symposium on central bank independence on Tuesday 10 January. The entire symposium will be live streamed from Riksbank.se.
Webcast of the symposium on central bank independence now available
11/01/2023 -On Tuesday 10 January, the Riksbank organised an international symposium with senior representatives from a number of central banks and prominent academics. A recording of the symposium can now be viewed on the Riksbank's website.
Climate-related risks need to be identified and managed
25/01/2023 -Climate change and the transition to a sustainable economy can affect price stability and economic development and threaten financial stability. The new Sveriges Riksbank Act now tasks the Riksbank to identify threats to sustainable development...
Shortage of liquidity creates difficult situations for pension managers
30/01/2023 -In September 2022, long-term UK interest rates rose sharply as the result of an unfunded budget proposal from the country’s government. This led to a liquidity crisis in many UK pension funds due to their management strategy. In a new Staff...
Erik Thedéen at the Committee on Finance: High inflation and rising interest rates are testing the resilience of the Swedish financial system
31/01/2023 -“After many years of low inflation and very low interest rates, increasing asset prices and rising indebtedness, it is uncertain how economic agents can cope with a rapid rise in inflation and interest rates.” These were the words of Erik...
Banks can improve the way they measure liquidity risks
13/02/2023 -A new Economic Commentary describes how a supplementary liquidity metric, based on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), can be calculated to take account of the additional liquidity need required for banks to be able to cope throughout the entire...
Project Icebreaker proposes a new architecture for cross-border retail CBDCs
06/03/2023 -The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have concluded Project Icebreaker, which studied the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in...
Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson will leave the Riksbank at the end of June
22/03/2023 -Deputy Governor Henry Ohlsson has informed the Chair of the General Council Bo Broman that he will resign as Deputy Governor on 30 June 2023.
Policy rate raised by 0.5 percentage points to 3.5 per cent
26/04/2023 -Inflation is still far too high and underlying inflation has been much higher than expected during the first months of the year. For inflation to fall and stabilise at the target within a reasonable period of time, the Executive Board has decided...