Riksbank

Riksbank

Sweden’s central bank prepares for cashless future with e-krona

30/10/2018(0)
Sweden’s central bank is pushing ahead with plans to build a technical framework for the issuance of a new electronic currency, the e-krona. The Riksbank started a project in ... Read More
emerging currencies

Sweden could soon be the first country in the world to have its own digital currency

21/11/2016(0)
Sweden’s central bank is looking into launching its own digital currency, it has revealed. If the e-krona is indeed launched, it would make the Riksbank the first major central ... Read More
Riksbank

Riksbank keeps low repo rate for longer

28/10/2016(0)
Low repo rate for longer, Executive Board ready to extend government bond purchases in December The upturn in the Swedish economy is continuing, but the Riksbank assesses that it ... Read More
Riksbank

Sweden’s Riksbank Deputy Governor: Too few homes are being built in Sweden

08/06/2016(0)
“A better balance between supply and demand is needed on the Swedish property market.” These are the words of First Deputy Governor Kerstin af Jochnick, speaking on Thursday at ... Read More
Riksbank

RiksBank:Repo rate cut to –0.50 per cent

11/02/2016(0)
The economy continues to strengthen but inflation is expected to be lower during 2016 than previously forecast. The period of low inflation will therefore be longer. This increases the ... Read More
riskbank

Riksbank purchases government bonds for a further SEK 40-50 billion

29/04/2015(0)
Riksbank purchases government bonds for a further SEK 40-50 billion, lowers the repo-rate path significantly and holds the repo rate at −0.25 per cent The expansionary monetary policy is ... Read More
riskbank

Riksbank cuts repo rate to −0.25 per cent and buys government bonds for SEK 30 billion

18/03/2015(0)
There are signs that inflation has bottomed out and is beginning to rise, but the recent appreciation of the krona risks breaking this trend. The Executive Board of the ... Read More
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