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  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Sweden’s Riksbank steps up pace of interest rate rises

    Central bank raises rate by 50 basis points to 0.75% and signals further increases to come this year

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Sweden’s Riksbank raises rates in policy U-turn

    Central bank reverses stance to counteract surging inflation and will also slow asset purchases

  • Sunday, 19 September, 2021
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    How will markets respond to prospect of Fed tapering?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Sweden’s central bank expands bond-buying to ease Covid economic hit

    Riksbank downgrades output forecasts as coronavirus cases rise sharply in country

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Izabella Kaminska
    CBDCs give libertarians the heebie-jeebies

    Yet Sweden, a central bank digital currency pioneer, is also their Covid-19 posterchild

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Corporate bonds
    Swedish corporate bond market is dysfunctional, says central bank

    Riksbank declines to give detail on corporate bond market for fear of compromising purchase programme

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Central banks should not rush into digital currencies

    State-backed rivals to bitcoin are inevitable but carry risks

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
    Sweden
    Rate cut wrong response to Covid-19, says Sweden’s central bank chief

    Stefan Ingves focuses on insulating financial sector from problems in real economy as Riksbank holds rate

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Why Sweden ditched its negative rate experiment 

    Results of the Riksbank’s 5-year trial are being scrutinised by the world’s leading central banks

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Tail RiskKatie Martin
    Sweden fears it may have created a negative-rates monster

    Central bank raises rate to zero and says it expects to hold it there ‘in coming years’

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Global Economy
    Glory days of negative rates look over

    Riksbank move back to zero reflects policy concerns, not bullishness on economy. 

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
    Sweden ends negative rates regime over side-effects concern

    Riksbank increases main rate to highest level in almost 5 years

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Sweden poised to exit negative interest rates despite downturn

    Rise in rates widely expected, but some doubt central bank can stay above zero

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Negative interest rates
    Sweden backs away from negative rates despite softening economy

    Riksbank prepares to raise interest rate to zero as evidence of slowdown mounts

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Riksbank dumps Canadian and Australian debt in green push

    Swedish central bank to avoid regional bonds with ‘large climate footprint’ for reserves

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
    Riksbank set to exit negative rates with December rise

    Swedish central bank plans increase despite economic slowdown

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Currencies
    Norwegian krone and Swedish krona sink in nervous markets

    Norway’s currency puzzles analysts as it falls to record low against euro

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Sweden
    Krona extends fall against the euro as trade tensions bite

    Swedish currency on track to pass SKr11.00 mark as it tumbles again

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Inflation data batter Swedish krona days after Riksbank’s hawkish tone

    August consumer prices rose less than expected, prompting a fall in the currency

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    Swedish central bank points to rate rise this year or early next

    Krona rallies as Riksbank takes ‘hawkish’ tone even as ECB expected to reduce rates

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    FT SeriesNegative yields: Getting to grips with the great bond rally
    Negative yields: Sweden leads the world below zero

    Central bank argues that the policy has been a success but others are unconvinced

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Charts that MatterPhilip Georgiadis
    ECB easing lines up Swedish krona for more pain

    Looser monetary policy by central banks will thwart Riksbank ability to boost currency

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    Sweden
    Brexit would be ‘greatest risk’ to Swedish markets, Riksbank finds

    Financiers deem ‘disorderly’ UK withdrawal from EU as foremost concern

  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
    Sweden
    Cautious Riksbank minutes push krona to decade lows

    Swedish currency hits crisis-era levels after central bank scotches rate rises

  • Monday, 6 May, 2019
    Sweden
    Swedish krona hits decade low against euro amid US-China tensions

    Scandinavian currency bursts through lowest level since 2009

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