Search results
Your search gave 31263 results.
Fiscal policy from a monetary policy perspective
27/05/2019 -The low global interest rates have reduced the scope for monetary policy to stimulate the economy, but at the same time may have increased the scope for fiscal policy action. This has brought the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy...
EU banking package sets new requirements for Swedish banks
20/05/2019 -The banking package is the collective name for several coming changes to the European regulations that must be observed by banks wishing to operate in the EU. The aim of the package is to strengthen the banking sector’s resilience to financial...
Need for new statistics on household assets and liabilities
14/05/2019 -The Riksbank would like to see a committee of experts review how new statistics on households’ assets and liabilities can be gathered. These statistics would improve the scope for the Riksbank and Finansinspektionen to maintain stability in the...
The Riksbank supports the proposal for LCR requirements in individual currencies
10/04/2019 -The Riksbank has long considered that the Swedish banks should face Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) requirements in both Swedish krona and other significant currencies. It is therefore good that Finansinspektionen is proposing LCR requirements...
How housing developers’ business models and accounting methods work
21/05/2019 -Following a long period of rising housing prices, we are now seeing increased uncertainty on the housing market in general, and especially the new build market. This leads to the need for a better understanding of the housing developers’...
Funding of this year’s transfer of profits to the Treasury
28/03/2019 -The Riksbank is funding this year’s transfer of profits to the Treasury of SEK 3.8 billion in the same way as in recent years: by increasing the supply of Riksbank money with the same amount in the form of Riksbank Certificates and fine-tuning...
Extended opening hours for RIX
08/04/2019 -The Riksbank is extending the opening hours for the Riksbank's settlement system for large payments (RIX) until 18.00 hours, with effect from 14 October 2019. Extended opening hours are a step towards modernising the Riksbank's payment services...
Sharp rise in number of borrowers among older people
20/03/2018 -The average debt-to-income ratio of households increased from 289 to 311 per cent between 2010 and 2016. During the same period, the median debt-to-income ratio rose from 221 to 258 per cent. The number of people aged around 35 who borrow – the...
Bitcoin is not money
14/03/2018 -Crypto-assets or cryptocurrencies are not the same thing as money. This is because these assets lack an official issuer and because at present they do not meet the conditions required of an efficient means of payment. For instance, crypto-assets...
Impact of the new accounting standard IFRS 9 on major Swedish banks
16/02/2018 -IFRS 9 is a new accounting standard for financial instruments and introduces a new approach of recognising credit losses, based on forward-looking macroeconomic conditions. This may provide more and better information on banks’ asset quality and...