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Annual inflation
During the history of the Riksbank, from 1668 to today, the annual inflation was on average 2.1-2.3 percent (the exact figure depends on how inflation is measured in relation to the monetary disorder during the second half of the 1710s). This can be compared to the present inflation target of the Riksbank at 2.0 percent.

Research at Sveriges Riksbank

The objective of economic research at the Riksbank is to provide a strong conceptual and empirical basis for policy-making. High-quality research is critical to ensure that the Riksbank is well prepared to deal with challenges associated with conducting monetary policy and promoting a safe and efficient payment system. An important task of economic research is to provide models, tools and analyses for the fulfillment of the Riksbank’s responsibilities.

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News

Research News 2009

(December 2009)

Working Paper No. 235 Evaluating Monetary Policy

(October 2009)

Working Paper No. 234 Forecasting Macroeconomic Time Series With Locally Adaptive Signal Extraction
(October 2009)

Working Paper No. 233 Flexible Modeling of Conditional Distributions Using Smooth Mixtures of Asymmetric Student T Densities
(October 2009)

Workshop: Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy: Challenges for Central Banks. November 6-7, 2009

(5 February 2009)

Historical Monetary Statistics of Sweden 1668-2008

(1 June 2008)

Report

External Commitee Review of the Riksbank Research Division

As part of the continuous evaluation of the Riksbank an external review of the research division was undertaken in the fall of 2008. The committee members were professors Marvin Goodfriend, Lucrezia Reichlin, and Gregory Udell. Read more