Sweden
Swedish and Norwegian central banks warn of cyber threats
Even small attacks can have major effects on stability, Norges Bank and Sveriges Riksbank say
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Efforts are under way in the Eurosystem to safeguard cash infrastructure as a ‘public good’ even as transaction volumes have fallen significantly. How can policy-makers strike the right balance?
Swedish investors favour EU-wide securities market harmonisation
But public consultation receives some resistance to using Target2-Securities for Swedish securities settlement
Riksbank maintains stimulus as it revises up growth forecasts
Swedish central bank says a return to negative rates is possible if inflation target is imperilled
Sweden may have a digital currency in five years, says Riksbank governor
Sveriges Riksbank is testing e-krona pilot as Swedish cash use falls rapidly
Inflation in Sweden rises to 1.9%
Analysts say stable core inflation means Riksbank is unlikely to tighten policy
Sweden’s pension funds curb inequality, official says
Riksbank’s Ohlsson says collective funds mean high asset prices benefit wider population
Riksbank prepares for second phase of e-krona pilot
Next phase will explore whether blockchain can handle scaled-up retail payments
Riksbank to open two contingency cash offices
Offices will be opened this year and next to guard against disruptions to cash supply
Lifetime achievement: Charles Goodhart
The LSE and BoE veteran economist has his own ‘law’, and played a key role in the establishment of monetary policy in the UK, Hong Kong’s peg and the ‘New Zealand model’, which influenced a generation of central bankers
Riksbank report explains basis for green asset purchases
Report sets out legal and operational basis for “norm-based negative screening”
Riksbank renews Covid-19 lending facilities
Riksbank extends $60 billion facility and will penalise banks that do not lend to non-financial firms
Monetary innovation required to respond to next crisis – Riksbank’s Breman
Deputy governor thinks fiscal and monetary policy co-ordination will be increasingly important
Riksbank extends e-krona pilot to test offline functionality
Sweden’s central bank will continue CBDC experiment until 2022
Riksbank proposes larger transfer to Swedish Treasury
Central bank would provide Skr6.8 billion to the government in 2021
Riksbank revises up growth and inflation forecasts for 2021
Swedish central bank maintains stimulus; inflation not expected to approach target until 2023
Riksbank extends swap agreement with Fed
$60 billion line set up in response to Covid-19 extended until end of September 2021
Nordic and Baltic countries ask IMF for money laundering report
Move follows string of scandals over massive AML breaches in Baltic and Nordic banks
Riksbank to increase risk buffer
Swedish central bank concerned about future effects of asset purchases on balance sheet
A ‘love-hate’ relationship with ESG screens
ESG screens seen as a first step in adopting sustainable investment practices, so why do so few central banks use them?
Ingves: Riksbank must have flexibility to develop new policy tools
Governor warns inquiry into central bank “clings” to an outdated view of economics
Riksbank stresses pandemic’s unpredictability
Two board members thought it unnecessary to increase asset purchases, minutes show
Lessons from the Riksbank’s negative rates experiment
Sweden is the only nation to have implemented negative rates and then returned them to ‘normal’ territory. What can central bankers learn from the Swedish experience?
Sveriges Riksbank announces big QE boost
Swedish central bank increases size, scope and duration of asset purchases