Sweden
Peter Praet on Europe’s Covid-19 responses
Former ECB chief economist discusses stability, negative rates, common debt and improving the EMU
Riksbank expands QE and adds corporate debt to purchases
Swedish central bank cuts lending rates to banks, but keeps repo rate unchanged at 0%
BIS expands innovation hub network
Several new locations unveiled in Europe and North America
Libra could cause central banks to lose control over monetary policy
Stablecoins linked to global reserve currencies could pose problems for monetary policy – research
Covid-19 hampers inflation measurement – Riksbank’s Ohlsson
Too soon to say whether consumption changes during pandemic will become permanent, official says
Trends in reserve management: 2020 survey results
Covid-19 expected to dent the risk appetite of portfolio managers
Riksbank launches new financial vulnerability metric
“Systemic risk indicator” designed to track overall financial stability across market segments
Swedish financial stability risks rising, Riksbank says
Without new policy measures, banks’ losses may hamper credit supply, Riksbank warns
Riksbank open to future rate cut
Swedish central bank keeps stimulus package unchanged in monetary policy meeting
Riksbank unveils details of local bond purchases
Swedish central bank to buy up to Skr5 billion from Kommuninvest i Sverige
Joining banking union likely positive for Sweden – Riksbank
Large cross-border activities mean common supervisory and resolution mechanisms better than national equivalents
Riksbank will start buying municipal bonds
Central bank includes new assets in 300 billion kronor purchase programme
Proposed changes to law could damage independence – Swedish central bank
Lawmakers’ proposal would hinder crisis management capability, Sveriges Riksbank says
Riksbank expands incentives for lending to small firms
Central bank continues with flurry of crisis-fighting measures
Riksbank picks ECB’s Tips for instant krona settlement system
Central bank preparing system for round-the-clock settlement in Swedish krona
Riksbank to buy commercial paper and expand counterparties
“Everything has changed”, business survey finds
Riksbank steps up pace of crisis support programme
Swedish financial regulator says publicly-quoted firms must stop equity payouts
Riksbank to buy covered bonds; Iceland enters secondary market
Central banks unveil new forms of unconventional purchases
Major bank hid money-laundering evidence – Swedish regulator
Swedish FSA fines Swedbank record $386m over failures as Estonian prosecutors continue AML probe
Fed expands network of swaps to emerging markets
Emerging markets will now have direct access to a dollar backstop, but it is still limited
Riksbank resumes QE by buying government debt
Swedish central bank buys $245 million in sovereign debt and will buy covered bonds on March 25
Riksbank backs fiscal stimulus with massive QE programme
Swedish central bank increases loans to banks, cuts overnight lending rate to 0.2%
Central banks step up liquidity support
RBA, Bank of Canada, Norges Bank and Riksbank all increase their liquidity interventions
Riksbank to focus on liquidity against Covid-19
Governor Ingves says a rate cut is not the most important measure now