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New challengers on the mortgage market
15/01/2020 -In Sweden, the norm is for mortgages to be issued by banks. But new players, known as mortgage credit companies, are now challenging this norm. A new Economic Commentary describes the development of these new players in Sweden and draws...
Press conference on IMF assessment of Swedish economy
19/02/2019 -On Thursday, 21 February, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will complete its annual visit to Sweden. The visit forms part of the review of the economic situation that the IMF regularly carries out for each member country,...
NGFS: Climate-related risk should be included in the monitoring of financial stability
17/04/2019 -The international Network for Greening the Financial System, NGFS, has recommended in a new report that supervisory authorities and central banks shall consider climate-related risk in their supervision and monitoring of the financial system.
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
13/06/2019 -This year’s first issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review begins with three articles about important structural changes in the Swedish economy. The first two articles describe and study the significance of the labour market for the Swedish...
How the Riksbank creates money in times of crisis
11/06/2020 -The Riksbank and other central banks around the world have implemented extensive measures to alleviate the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. Many of the measures involve creating large volumes of new money. But how is...
The functioning of the fixed-income market has deteriorated due to the coronavirus pandemic
16/06/2020 -The functioning of the Swedish fixed-income market is considered to have deteriorated, compared with last autumn, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is revealed by the Riksbank's Financial markets survey, which was carried out in April and...
New issue of the Riksbank’s journal Economic Review
10/10/2019 -The year’s second edition of the Economic Review contains four articles spanning a broad field of central-bank-related areas. The first article is about the Riksbank’s balance sheet and the link to financial independence. The second article...
Card payments still dominate
07/11/2019 -The majority of household purchases in Sweden are made by card. In ten years, the average Swede has doubled their card use. However, large-scale payments often take place between companies and authorities and are done via credit transfers. Card...
FAQs on funding for lending programmes
21/09/2021 -The Riksbank decided to terminate this programme on 20 September 2021. The last auction procedure of the programme was held on 10 September 2021. In this programme, the Riksbank offered funding to banks of up to SEK 500 billion against collateral...