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Minutes of the monetary policy meeting on 19 March 2025
26/03/2025 -The Executive Board decided to hold the policy rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent. In the minutes of the meeting, you can follow the discussion leading up to the decision and see the arguments put forward by the different members of the Board. The...
Riksbank exchanges EU payment
17/02/2025 -Sweden's EU membership entails monthly contributions to the EU's budget. These payments are made in Swedish kronor by the Swedish government and exchanged into euro in the foreign exchange market by a recipient central bank within the EU.
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...
Nordea’s relocation increases stability risks in the short term
04/06/2018 -Nordea plans to relocate its parent company to Finland and thereby to the European banking union. It is the Riksbank’s assessment that a relocation slightly increases the risks to financial stability in the short term. The Riksbank therefore...
The Riksbank wants to extend the operating hours for RIX
27/04/2018 -The Riksbank's payment services need to be modernised to meet the demands for speed and accessibility. For this reason the Riksbank wishes to extend the operating hours in the Riksbank's settlement system for large-value payments (RIX) and is...
Consultation on Instant payments and the Riksbank’s role in the payment infrastructure
05/06/2018 -An infrastructure for the settlement of instant payments will become an increasingly important element of the payment landscape. The Riksbank therefore invites participants in the RIX system, and other interested parties, to give their views on...
Ingves and Jansson to participate in IMF spring meeting
20/04/2018 -On 16-22 April, the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank will take place in Washington D.C. The Swedish delegation will include Governor of the Riksbank Stefan Ingves, Deputy Governor Per Jansson, Finance...
The banknote and coin changeover has worked well on the whole
17/05/2018 -The Riksbank’s evaluation of the changeover of banknotes and coins in shows that cash market participants consider the changeover to have worked well on the whole, even though the coin changeover was demanding.
Monetary policy VIPs talk about the future of central banking
31/05/2018 -For 350 years, the Riksbank has promoted a strong and secure economy. But how does the future look for the Riksbank and other central banks? In a filmed interviews, the governors of the central banks in the United States, the United Kingdom and...