Sveriges Riksbank
Riksbank study finds rate-setting board too large
Riksbank study on monetary policy committees finds Sweden’s Executive Board is not as effective with six members
Rate-setters decide on premise rather than conclusion: Riksbank
Riksbank research shows decisions based on premise rather than conclusions are preferred during tied Monetary Policy Committee votes
Riksbank removes tolerance interval in monetary policy target
Swedish central bank revises the wording of its monetary policy objectives in light of the financial crisis
Riksbank’s Persson: don’t shoot CDS ‘messenger’
The Swedish central bank uses CDS spreads as an indicator of financial stability
Surveying inflation credibility
Jannie Rossouw, Vishnu Padayachee and Fanie Joubert compare the methodologies of inflation credibility surveys conducted in New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden
Buba’s Weber interested in price-level targeting
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says move to price-level targeting could help anchor inflation expectations
Riksbank’s Svensson concedes further cuts unlikely
Lars Svensson explains the banks decision to leave its benchmark rate at 0.25% until December 2010, after previous calls to cut the rate further
Svensson: Riksbank needs to be more forceful
Riksbank deputy Lars Svensson explains Sweden’s response to crisis and draws on lessons for future
King sees “room for improvement” in Bank’s communication
Bank of England governor Mervyn King defends the central bank’s fan charts, which have drawn criticism, but says it can still refine the communication of its forecasts
Sweden’s Ingves explains decision to hold rates
Stefan Ingves the Riksbank’s governor offers reasons holding back on rate rise despite signs of strong economic recovery
Riksbank’s Nyberg: cards systemically important
Riksbank’s Lars Nyber says cards are overtaking cash in Nordic countries, but security still an issue
Riksbank – Financial Stability Report 2009:2
Sveriges Riksbank’s second report of the year finds conditions have improved, but emphases the brittle nature of financial markets’ confidence
Journal of Economic Review – Riksbank
Riksbank’s third-quarter journal contains articles on the similarities between fiscal and monetary policy, and Swedish money-market premiums
Evaluating monetary policy
Risksbank’s Svensson on the difficulties of measuring the right rate for inflation targeting
How global imbalances exacerbated the crisis
Riksbank's Barbro Wickman-Parak says imbalances contributed to the rise of complex instruments and structures
Riksbank rate on hold until next autumn
Swedish central bank says benchmark rate to remain at record low for the next 12 months
Sweden’s Nyberg calls for a “bolder agenda”
Lars Nyberg, a deputy governor of the Riksbank, calls for a common international approach to crisis management
Nobel prize for pioneers of economics governance
Swedish Academy of Sciences shuns orthodoxy to award 2009 prize for work on institutions not markets
Flexible targeting still best practice: Riksbank’s Svensson
Lars Svensson, Deputy Governor of Sweden’s Riksbank, says impact of finance on monetary transmission mechanism must be better understood
Riksbank's Svensson calls for better forecasting
Riksbank’s Lars Svensson reviews the development of the Riksbank’s transparency and communication since its independence in 1999
Sweden’s Oberg says inflationary pressures not there
Sveriges Riksbank’s Svante Oberg says policy rate will remain low
European central banks agree third gold deal
New agreement will "accommodate" planned International Monetary Fund gold sales
Svensson: aim inflation expectations above target
Lars Svensson, one of the defenders of inflation targeting, says above-target inflation needed to spur employment
Riksbank moves into negative rate territory
Sweden’s central bank, the world’s oldest, will on Wednesday become the first since the crisis began to penalise banks for holding deposits