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Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Heikensten: Inflation rise expected to be temporary. Riksbank Governor Lars Heikensten spoke at a meeting organised by Hammarby bandy club on the subject of "Some monetary policy issues" on 20 February.
Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Agreement between the Riksbank and Finansinspektionen on the division of labour with regard to financial stability, 24 February.
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Board meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 6 February, published 20 February. The Board voted unanimously to leave the repo rate unchanged at 3.75%. The Board concluded that economic developments continue to be marked by the…
The Art of Targeting Inflation
RESEARCH - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Central Bank Institute has published the paper "The Art of Inflation Targeting" by Lars Heikensten and Anders Vredin. The paper describes the Riksbank's transition to inflation targeting and explains how…
Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Allocation of the Riksbank's net income 2002, 14 February.
Lars Heikensten on Sweden's road to EMU
SPEECH - Riksbank governor Lars Heikensten says that direct changeover to the euro from 2006 is good news for the financial sector and will lessen the risk of payment system disturbances. He also emphasised the importance of creating a transparent, clear…
Nyberg on the Swedish card payment market
SPEECH - In the speech 'The Swedish Card Payment Market - Current Challenges and Future Developments' Lars Nyberg of the Sveriges Riksbank said Swede's are great lovers of cash and prefer to use debit rather than credit cards. Nyberg says that as far as…
Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 4rd Quarter 2002
REPORT - The fourth issue of the Riksbank's Economic Review contains three articles: one on the art of targeting inflation, one on the IRB approach in the Basel Committee's proposal for new capital adequacy rules, and one on reformed management of…
Persson on Sweden and the euro
SPEECH - In the speech 'Sweden and the Euro' Kristina Persson of the Sveriges Riksbank said monetary union presents an attractive proposition for Sweden, given that we continue to improve the functioning of wage formation and labour markets and that we…
Backstrom on Financial Cycles
SPEECH - In the speech 'Financial Cycles' Urban Backstrom of Sweden's central bank said financial crises substantially increase the risk of outright deflation after some time. A central bank could manage this risk in two ways: by at least trying to…
Bergstrom on monetary policy and wage formation
SPEECH - In the speech 'Monetary policy and wage formation' Villy Bergstrom of Sweden's central bank said the recent termination of one union's collective wage agreement will not necessarily constitute a threat to the inflation target. However, if other…
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Board meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 4 December, published 19 December. The Executive Board decided to lower the repo rate by 0.25 per cent, although second deputy governor Eva Srejber entered a reservation against the…
Sveriges Riksbank Inflation Report, No.4, 2002
RESEARCH - Sweden's central bank has published its Inflation Report for the Fourth Quarter 2002. In the report the Riksbank said inflation has fallen back since the spring, which supports their earlier assessment, and that inflation expectations are also…
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Board meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Executive Board meeting on 14 November 2002 released 29 November. The minutes reveal the Board voted unanimously to lower the repo rate by 0.25 to 4.0 per cent.
Heikensten on the krona, Sweden and EMU
SPEECH - In the speech 'The krona, Sweden and EMU' Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank said the most likely time for a referendum to Sweden's entry to the euro would be Autumn 2003. If Sweden was to enter ERM2 Heikensten said, the decision on the…
Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 3rd Quarter 2002
REPORT - The Economic Review contains articles titled, The yield curve and the Riksbanks signalling, Consolidation in the Swedish banking sector: a central bank perspective and An evaluation of forecasts for the Swedish economy.
Minutes from the Sveriges Riksbank Board meeting
MINUTES - Minutes of the Sveriges Riksbank Executive Board meeting on 16 October, published 30 October. Although the Executive Board voted to maintain the repo rate at 4.25 per cent the minutes reveal Deputy Governor Kristina Persson entered a…
Backstrom on the monetary policy situation
SPEECH - In the speech 'The monetary policy situation' made on 17 October, Urban Backstrom of the Sveriges Riksbank said activity in the Swedish economy has remained buoyant despite the situation in the rest of the world but recent statistics have…
Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - The general public's confidence in the Riksbank remains high, 14 October.
Sveriges Riksbank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Jan Bergqvist appointed new Chairman of the General Council of the Riksbank, 18 October.
Heikensten: Financial risks slow down recovery
PRESS RELEASE - First Deputy Governor Lars Heikensten of the Sveriges Riksbank today, 9 October, gave a speech under the heading "Some monetary policy issues" at the Center for Business and Policy Studies' (SNS) annual conference on the economic…
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
PRESS RELEASE - The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2002, winner announced, 9 October.
New appointments at the Riksbank
PRESS RELEASE - At its meeting on 3 October, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to appoint the Head of the Monetary Policy Department Claes Berg advisor to the future Governor Lars Heikensten with effect from 1 January 2003.
Presentation of the IMF's Annual Report
PRESS RELEASE - The Riksbank hereby invites you to a press meeting today, at 10:00 a.m., with Graham Hacche, Deputy Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund, IMF. Mr Hacche will present the IMF's Annual Report for 2001/2002,…