An evaluation of Swedish monetary policy 1995-2005

In spring 2005 the Riksdag Committee on Finance decided to evaluate the monetary policy conducted by the Riksbank during the period 1995-2005. The Committee appointed two professors, Frederic S Mishkin, formerly of Columbia University in New York and now a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Francesco Giavazzi, of Bocconi University in Milan, to carry out the evaluation.  

 

The report "An evaluation of Swedish monetary policy 1995-2005" was published on 28 November 2006.

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Press release by prof. Giavazzi

 

The Executive Board and the General Councils views on the report
The Executive Board: Inflation target remains, but methods can be further developed (published on 23 February 2007).

The General Council: General Council proposes changes in Sveriges Riksbank Act (published on 23 February 2007).

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The objective of monetary policy

According to the Sveriges Riksbank Act, the objective of monetary policy is to “maintain price stability”. The Riksbank has interpreted this objective to mean a low, stable rate of inflation.

 

More precisely, the Riksbank's objective is to keep inflation around 2 per cent per year, as measured by the annual change in the consumer price index (CPI). There is a tolerance range of plus/minus 1 percentage point around this target. At the same time, the range is an expression of the Riksbank’s ambition to limit such deviations. In order to keep inflation around 2 per cent the Riksbank adjusts its key interest rate, the repo rate.

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News

Speech by Ingves: Policy rate setting and the monetary policy steering system

(28 April 2008)
Monetary Policy Update April 2008 (pdf)
(23 April 2008)

Repo rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent
(23 April 2008)
Monetary Policy Report  2008:1 (pdf)

(13 February 2008)

Monetary Policy Report and Update

The Executive Board of the Riksbank holds six scheduled monetary policy meetings a year and at these it decides on the monetary policy stance and on changes in the repo rate. A press release is published the day after each monetary policy meeting. The press release also contains the Riksbank’s forecasts regarding future developments in economic activity and inflation and a description of what monetary policy is currently considered to be well balanced. In connection with three of the monetary policy meetings a Monetary Policy Report is published. This Report contains the Riksbank’s forecasts for the economy and inflation in the coming years.

 

On the three other occasions a press release and a monetary policy update are published; the latter containing a limited number of forecasts for central macroeconomic variables.

 

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