Sveriges Riksbank
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
Riksbank raids euro swap line to shore up stabilit
The Riksbank on Wednesday said it would tap €3 billion ($4.2 billion) from a swap line set up with the European Central Bank (ECB) to ensure it was "well-prepared to continue safeguarding stability."
Resource utilisation a policy factor for Riksbank
Monetary policy should take into account not only the total amount of spare capacity in the economy, but also its composition, said Svante berg, the first deputy governor of the Riksbank.
Bank losses not as bad as 1990s, says Riksbank
The Riksbank has predicted a sharp, but manageable, rise in Swedish banks' loan losses, largely on the back of defaults by businesses in the Nordic region and the Baltic States.
Riskbank's Ingves on why the crisis happened
Stefan Ingves, the governor of the Riksbank, has explained why the global crisis occurred.
Sveriges Riksbank - Annual Report 2008
The Riksbank's net income in 2008 amounted to SKr11.2 billion ($1.42 billion), an increase of SKr 7.1 billion compared with 2007.
Riksbank upgrades Latvian swap line
The Riksbank has extended its swap line with the Bank of Latvia and raised the amount on offer to €500m ($675m).
Sweden cuts rates to record 0.5%
The Riksbank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to an all-time low of 0.5% on 21 April.
Riksbank names new monetary policy deputy
Jesper Hansson, formerly the head of the monetary policy forecasting division of the Riksbank, is the new deputy head of the central bank's monetary department.
Riksbank's Svensson solves liquidity-trap problem
Lars Svensson, the deputy governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, has devised what he has labelled a "foolproof way" to escape a liquidity trap.
Riksbank explains sharp adjustment
With this note, the Swedish central bank explains why its recent interest rate cuts have taken rates lower than the level contained in its December forecast.
Swedish seigniorage hits five-year high
The Riksbank has offered to pay SEK5.9 billion ($737m) of its profits to the national treasury for the financial year 2008, Sweden's central bank said on Monday.
Riksbank appoints new deputy
Karolina Ekholm, a professor at Stockholm University, is to succeed Irma Rosenberg as deputy governor of the Riksbank.
Sweden's Ingves on the crisis and beyond
"Despite the gloomy outlook for next year, there is still some light at the end of the tunnel," said the governor of Sweden's central bank in a new year's eve post.
Should financial economists still get Nobels?
Pablo Triana, a derivatives consultant and author, has written to the Swedish central bank, asking them to stop awarding Nobel prizes in economics to "flawed, unworldly, and dangerous theoretical finance constructs."