Sveriges Riksbank
Riksbank to increase risk buffer
Swedish central bank concerned about future effects of asset purchases on balance sheet
The role of Tips for the future payments landscape
Tips could play a critical role in providing the infrastructure for a digital euro as well as facilitating fast and efficient cross-border payments
Ingves: Riksbank must have flexibility to develop new policy tools
Governor warns inquiry into central bank “clings” to an outdated view of economics
Riksbank stresses pandemic’s unpredictability
Two board members thought it unnecessary to increase asset purchases, minutes show
Pressure from Facebook may speed up digital euro development – panellists
ECB does not plan to announce whether it will proceed with digital euro proof of concept until mid-2021
Lessons from the Riksbank’s negative rates experiment
Sweden is the only nation to have implemented negative rates and then returned them to ‘normal’ territory. What can central bankers learn from the Swedish experience?
Sveriges Riksbank announces big QE boost
Swedish central bank increases size, scope and duration of asset purchases
Nordic central banks sign currency swap agreement
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish central banks conclude bilateral swap deals
Riksbank publishes list of companies eligible for bond purchases
List includes 50 companies and will be updated on the first weekday of the month
Riksbank governor criticises proposed central bank law
Lawmakers’ proposal would damage ability to deal with crises and reduce independence – Ingves
Covid-19 accelerates cash decline in Sweden
Riksbank report shows payments through Swish have already overtaken cash
The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Central banks and their partners have innovated across machine learning, cloud services, payments and more
Frank Smets on the ECB’s strategy review
The ECB’s DG of economics explains how expectations, communication, fiscal dominance, climate change and the Fed’s actions will be factored into the ECB’s delayed strategy review
Swedish governor calls for laws to protect cash use
Ingves says Sweden must upgrade payments systems and move ahead with e-krona
Milgrom and Wilson share economics Nobel Prize
Auction theorists win this year’s prize for discoveries “of great benefit to society”
G-7 central banks agree CBDC principles
BIS joins with leading central banks to set out principles for deciding to issue CBDCs
Riksbank defends corporate bond purchase programme
Central bank says increasing reliance on bond issuance warrants intervention
ECB and Riksbank study cross-currency instant payments
Currently Tips only allows transactions between accounts in the same currency
People: Norwegian SWF official moves to central bank
Jamaica appoints new deputy governor, while Swedish deputy governor has term extended
Riksbank will host Nordic fintech hub for BIS
Swedish parliament amends law governing central bank to finance BIS innovation hub in Stockholm
Riksbank signals rates likely to stay at zero for several years
Central bank does not forecast negative rates, but doesn’t rule them out
Riksbank starts corporate bond purchases
Swedish central bank will buy $1.1 billion in these bonds until June 30, 2021
IMF supports Riksbank’s criticism of proposed central bank law
Swedish lawmakers propose separating monetary and financial stability measures
Peter Praet on Europe’s Covid-19 responses
Former ECB chief economist discusses stability, negative rates, common debt and improving the EMU