Sveriges Riksbank
Central Bank of Azerbaijan opens primary school
Azerbaijani central bank pushes corporate-social responsibility agenda with help of newly-established communications department
Riksbank’s Wickman-Parak: crisis days are over
Riksbank deputy governor Wickman-Parak says central bank can return to conventional monetary policy following convincing economic recovery
Diamond, Mortensen, Pissarides win Nobel Prize
Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides share Nobel Prize in economic sciences for work on labour market search frictions
Riskbank explains wage statistic revisions
Riksbank commentary accounts for revisions to calculation of short-term wage statistics; shows preliminary data are good forecasting measure
Riksbank: inefficient labour markets distort growth
Riksbank study shows inefficiencies in output are related to the inefficient allocation of labour in the United States
No alternative to bail-in capital: Bank's Tucker
Bank of England's Paul Tucker attacks bankers' concerns that bail-in capital will rattle investors; Sweden's Ingves says conversions achievable
Riksbank's Svensson says monetary policy had no role in crisis
Riksbank deputy governor Lars Svensson denies monetary policy was responsible for the financial crisis
Riksbank's Öberg calls for careful policy normalisation
Riksbank first deputy governor Svante Öberg points to risk in returning benchmark rate to pre-crisis levels
Norges Bank takes reputation poll
Norwegian central bank publishes outcome of its first ever reputation survey; poll finds central bank is doing well in public eyes, but could be more open
Riksbank study finds rate-setting board too large
Riksbank study on monetary policy committees finds Sweden’s Executive Board is not as effective with six members
Rate-setters decide on premise rather than conclusion: Riksbank
Riksbank research shows decisions based on premise rather than conclusions are preferred during tied Monetary Policy Committee votes
Riksbank removes tolerance interval in monetary policy target
Swedish central bank revises the wording of its monetary policy objectives in light of the financial crisis
Riksbank's Persson: don't shoot CDS "messenger"
The Swedish central bank uses CDS spreads as an indicator of financial stability
Surveying inflation credibility
Jannie Rossouw, Vishnu Padayachee and Fanie Joubert compare the methodologies of inflation credibility surveys conducted in New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden
Buba’s Weber interested in price-level targeting
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says move to price-level targeting could help anchor inflation expectations
Riksbank’s Svensson concedes further cuts unlikely
Lars Svensson explains the banks decision to leave its benchmark rate at 0.25% until December 2010, after previous calls to cut the rate further
Svensson: Riksbank needs to be more forceful
Riksbank deputy Lars Svensson explains Sweden’s response to crisis and draws on lessons for future
King sees “room for improvement” in Bank’s communication
Bank of England governor Mervyn King defends the central bank’s fan charts, which have drawn criticism, but says it can still refine the communication of its forecasts
Sweden’s Ingves explains decision to hold rates
Stefan Ingves the Riksbank’s governor offers reasons holding back on rate rise despite signs of strong economic recovery
Riksbank’s Nyberg: cards systemically important
Riksbank’s Lars Nyber says cards are overtaking cash in Nordic countries, but security still an issue
Riksbank – Financial Stability Report 2009:2
Sveriges Riksbank’s second report of the year finds conditions have improved, but emphases the brittle nature of financial markets’ confidence
Journal of Economic Review – Riksbank
Riksbank’s third-quarter journal contains articles on the similarities between fiscal and monetary policy, and Swedish money-market premiums
Evaluating monetary policy
Risksbank’s Svensson on the difficulties of measuring the right rate for inflation targeting
How global imbalances exacerbated the crisis
Riksbank's Barbro Wickman-Parak says imbalances contributed to the rise of complex instruments and structures