Sveriges Riksbank
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Meeting, 8 Dec
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 8 December showed that members expected economic growth, both in Sweden and abroad, to be fairly robust in the period ahead. There were downside risks, however, mainly stemming from exchange…
Sweden's Heikensten on economic governance in EMU
In a speech on 'Strengthening economic governance in the EMU - A comment' given on 15 December, Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said better and more efficient methods of following up Member States' public finances are needed. Budget discipline…
Sveriges Riksbank, Financial Stability Report 2:04
Sweden's central bank, the Sveriges Riksbank, published its second Financial Stability Report for 2004 on 2 December. Household sector indebtedness has continued to rise during the autumn. At the same time there are currently no indications that this…
Sweden's Nyberg on securities market
In a speech on 'The securities market today and tomorrow' given on 10 November, Lars Nyberg of the Sveriges Riksbank said in recent years, inflation in many countries has fallen, and inflation expectations have stabilised at a level that reflects the…
Sweden's Heikensten at the Riksdag Committee
In a speech on monetary policy given to the Riksdag Committee on Finance on 14 October, Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said as the economic upturn progresses and resource utilisation increases further, it is reasonable to assume that monetary…
Sweden's Heikensten on monetary policy
In a speech on 'The economic situation and monetary policy' given on 20 Septembe,r Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said the bank's current inflation forecast may have to be revised upwards in the light of higher oil prices, a slightly stronger…
Sweden's Rosenberg on monetary policy house prices
In a speech on 'Monetary policy, house prices and household indebtedness' given on 20 September, Irma Rosenberg of the Sveriges Riksbank said despite stock market fluctuations and a periodically weak economic climate, both household indebtedness and…
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Meeting, 19 Aug
Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 19 August were published 2 September. One member observed that economic activity in Sweden had strengthened slightly more than expected during the first six months of the year, and that the…
Sweden's Heikensten on inflation
In a speech on economic developments and inflation prospects, given on August 16, Sweden's central bank governor Lars Heikensten said that the Riksbank's assessment of inflation and economic activity had not significantly altered since its last inflation…
Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 2nd Quarter 2004
The Sveriges Riksbank published its Economic Review for the 2nd Quarter 2004 on 12 July. The Review contains articles on subjects related to central banking. The English version of the second issue contains three articles: Can we be best again?, How does…
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Meeting, 23 Jun
Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 23 June were published 8 July. One member summed up the discussion of the international economic situation, saying developments had largely confirmed the assessment in the previous Inflation…
Riksbank investigates premature rate announcement
Sweden's Riksbank said on Thursday 24 June that it was investigating the premature publication of its interest rate decision.
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Meeting, 27 May
Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 27 May were published 11 June. All the members expressed greater certainty over the recovery both in Sweden and abroad and said that there were factors, such as the rise in long-term interest…
Sveriges Riksbank - Annual Report 2003
The Sveriges Riksbank has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2003. Stability in the financial system continued to be good, the report said. The year also saw Lars Heikensten take office as the new governor and the no vote in the euro…
Sweden's Heikensten on economic activity
Riksbank Governor Lars Heikensten spoke about economic developments on Monday 17 May at a seminar in Tanum. He said recent developments in economic activity and price pressures have been considerably less dramatic than what the situation in the financial…
Heikensten: Introduction on monetary policy
In a speech on 'Introduction on monetary policy' given on 1 April, Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said we can now see that the economic upswing is continuing to strengthen gradually. Industrial activity has made some progress; export demand is…
Sweden's Heikensten on economic recovery
In a speech on 'Economic recovery with low inflationary pressure' given on 15 March, Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said there are a number of question marks as regards inflationary pressure and it is not known how long the recent rise in…
Euro central banks reach new gold sales agreement
European central banks said on Monday 8 March that they had reached a new agreement that increases the limits on their annual gold sales to 500 tons annually over the next five years.
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Meeting, 5 Feb
Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 5 February, published 19 February. The minutes pointed to a continued strengthening in international economic activity. Deputy Governor Kristina Persson entered a reservation against the…
Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 4th Quarter 2003
The Sveriges Riksbank has published its Economic Review for the 4th Quarter 2003. The Review includes articles "Crisis exercises make for crisis readiness," "Payment system efficiency and pro-competitive regulation" and asks "Is 'wage drift' a problem?".
Heikensten: Introduction to monetary policy
In the speech 'Introduction to monetary policy' given on 16 October Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said the Riksbank's assessment is now that continued stable growth in incomes, wealth and employment will contribute to smooth and relatively…
Engle, Granger win Nobel prize for economics
The Nobel prize for economics, established by Sweden's central bank in 1968, was awarded to Robert Engle and Clive Granger on Wednesday 8 October, according to Associated Press, for their work on time series modelling and co-integration, where time…
Rosenberg-Price stability framework remains intact
Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank Irma Rosenberg gave a talk on 23 September at a conference organised by SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies and Affarsvarlden business magazine. Her talk touched on monetary policy and developments in the…
Minutes ,Sveriges Riksbank Board meeting 14 August
Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 14 August, published 28 August. It was the view of the Executive Board that the new information that had been received since July had confirmed the Riksbank's forecast of a recovery in the world…