Sweden
Riksbank surprises markets with rate hike
The Riksbank confounded expectations on Wednesday by hiking rates to 4.25%.
Productivity gains lowered Swedish inflation
The rapid rise in Swedish productivity growth between 2002 and 2006 is an important explanation for low inflation, said Svante berg, a deputy governor at the Riksbank.
Swedish hedge funds are transparent enough: Nyberg
New rules for Swedish hedge funds are unnecessary, said Lars Nyberg, a deputy governor at the central bank.
Cyprus and Malta join gold agreement
Cyprus and Malta, the two newest members of the eurozone, have signed up to the Central Bank Gold Agreement, which limits the amount of gold cooperating institutions can sell.
Riksbank holds rates at 4%
The Riksbank's rate-setting board voted on Wednesday to keep its benchmark repo rate at 4% despite higher-than-predicted inflation.
Riksbank appoints new financial stability deputy
Lars Frisell is set to become the new deputy head of the financial stability department at the Riksbank in mid-December.
UK and Japan react to house prices, but not Fed
The Bank of England's and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy responds to house price changes, but the Federal Reserve's does not, research by the Riksbank finds.
Sweden on course to hit 2% target - Ingves
Swedish inflation should be in line with the Riksbank's 2% target in two years time, says Stefan Ingves, the governor of the central bank.
Riksbank unanimous on rate verdict
The minutes of the October 29 meeting of the Riksbank's rate-setting board reveal the six-strong panel unanimously backed the decision to hike rates by 25 basis points to 4%.
European central bank response wins plaudits
The reaction of European central banks to the credit crisis gained International Monetary Fund (IMF) approval on Monday.
Sweden hikes rates to highest level in five years
The Riksbank's rate-setting board on Tuesday decided to raise rates for the fourth time this year by 25 basis points to 4%.
Three US economists scoop Nobel prize
Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson are the winners of the 2007 Sveriges Riksbank Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
Cash costs more than cards in Sweden
Debit and credit card payments have a lower social cost than cash transactions for purchases of more than €8 and €18 respectively, research published by the Riksbank has found.
Egypt to use SIA-SSB payments system
Egypt's central bank picked SIA-SSB, an Italian technology company, to develop its new large-value payments, the company announced at Sibos.
Riksbank's Ingves justifies openness
Stefan Ingves, the governor of the Riksbank, said on Monday that the central bank chose to adopt a transparent monetary policy framework in order to become a more democratic and efficient institution.
Riksbank deputy notes lessons of last 40 years
Lars Svensson, a recently-appointed deputy governor at Sweden's Riksbank, offered a "selective, eclectic, and possibly controversial" collection of lessons learned about monetary policy since 1967.
Riksbank minutes from executive board meeting
The Sveriges Riksbank, the country's central bank, released the minutes of the most recent meeting of its rate-setting board on 6 September.
Nyberg on monetary and financial stability
The interaction of monetary and financial stability is one of the most discussed issues in central banks and academia today, and is likely to remain high on the agenda for the foreseeable future, said Lars Nyberg, a deputy governor at Sweden's central…
Riksbank to publish repo path, hikes rates
The executive board of the Riksbank will publish forecasts for the future repo rate path and a number of other important variables in connection with each monetary policy meeting. The central bank decided on Thursday to raise the repo rate by 25 basis…
Svensson defends publication of rate path
Lars Svensson, the deputy governor of Sweden's Riksbank, said the central bank had decided to publish an interest rate path because it was impossible to forecast inflation and resource allocation without having an assumption for the interest rate path.
Central bank gold sales to approach limit
Members of the central bank gold agreement (essentially the eurozone plus Sweden and Switzerland) have sold 396 tonnes in the first 10 months of the "gold year", as much as the total for the whole of last year.
Swedish Financial Market - 2007 review
The Swedish Riksbank has published the 2007 version of its annual review of the country's financial industry.
Riksbank deputy discusses monetary policy
Barbro Wickman-Parak, the deputy governor of the Riksbank, gave her views on June's rate rise at a meeting held at the Stockholm office of Swedbank, a commercial bank.
Ingves on how to regulate cross-border banks
Stefan Ingves, the governor of the Riksbank, set out the challenges authorities face in regulating increasingly integrated financial markets.