Economic Commentaries

Approximately once a month the Riksbank publishes the series Economic Commentaries. The series include for instance brief investigations and debate pieces. The authors are Executive Board members and other officials. The Economic Commentaries are gathered together on this page.


 
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13/05/2011 The relation between household saving and falls in house prices | PDF icon 494 Kb
26/04/2011 Numeracy, Financial Literacy and Household Finance. By Johan Almenberg and Daria Finocchiaro | PDF icon 364 Kb
14/02/2011 The Riksbank’s dividend in the past two decades. By Henrik Gardholm and Joanna Gerwin | PDF icon 209 Kb
28/01/2011 The framework for the implementation of monetary policy, the Riksbank’s balance sheet and the financial crisis. By Marianne Nessén, Peter Sellin och Per Åsberg Sommar | PDF icon 843 Kb
20/12/2010 The impact of a maximum loan-to-value ratio on the borrowers’ expenditure. By Albina Soultanaeva and Anders Nordberg | PDF icon 651 Kb
13/10/2010 An indicator of resource utilisation by Christina Nyman | PDF icon 500 Kb
05/10/2010 Analysis of revisions in short-term wage statistics by Ted Aranki and Kent Friberg | PDF icon 609 Kb
31/03/2010 The relationship between the business cycle and the labour market in Sweden by Ted Aranki, Kent Friberg and Maria Sjödin | PDF icon 479 Kb
15/02/2010 Urgent need for new financial regulations and tools by Johan Gernandt, Chairman of the General Council, Leif Pagrotsky, Vice Chairman of the General Council and Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Riksbank | PDF icon 167 Kb
02/12/2009 Executive Board voting – a summary of the first eleven years by Bul Ekici | PDF icon 340 Kb
10/11/2009 Which factor exerted the greatest influence upon the Swedish risk premium during the crisis? By Maria Strömqvist | PDF icon 174 Kb
28/10/2009 How has the stress on the financial markets developed? – An index-based discussion by Mia Holmfeldt, Anders Rydén, Lena Strömberg and Maria Strömqvist | PDF icon 407 Kb
02/10/2009 Future role of the IMF in focus at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Istanbul by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 125 Kb
30/09/2009 The lower limit of the Riksbank’s repo rate by Meredith Beechey and Heidi Elmér | PDF icon 208 Kb
22/09/2009 Funding of the banks during the financial crisis by Gunnar Blomberg | PDF icon 294 Kb
28/07/2009 The central banks’ extraordinary measures during the financial crisis by Peter Sellin | PDF icon 175 Kb
21/07/2009 No serious credit crunch in Sweden by Bul Ekici, Gabriela Guibourg and Per Åsberg-Sommar | PDF icon 316 Kb
24/06/2009 How does shortselling affect financial markets? By Maria Strömqvist | PDF icon 207 Kb
16/06/2009 The long-term developement of the krona by Björn Lagervall and Marianne Nessén | PDF icon 336 Kb
09/06/2009 How persistent is inflation in Sweden? By Jesper Hansson, Andreas Johnson och Sara Tägtström | PDF icon 246 Kb
24/04/2009 The world needs a strong IMF by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 114 Kb
25/03/2009 Hedge funds and the financial crisis of 2008 by Maria Strömqvist | PDF icon 208 Kb
16/03/2009 The accuracy of different analysts’ forecasts for GDP in 2008 by Michael K. Andersson and Ted N. Aranki | PDF icon 260 Kb
04/02/2009 Understanding Productivity Growth by Björn Andersson, Susanto Basu, Mikael Carlsson and John Fernald | PDF icon 123 Kb
13/10/2008 Financial turbulence – light at the end of the tunnel after weekend meeting in Washington by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 98 Kb
10/10/2008 Give the IMF a stronger role in promoting global financial stability by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 101 Kb
22/08/2008 House prices and the economy by Peter Sellin and Karl Walentin | PDF icon 173 Kb
03/07/2008 Real interest rates in Sweden by Björn Lagerwall | PDF icon 316 Kb
16/05/2008 The effects of the oil price on inflation in Sweden by Mårten Bjellerup and Mårten Löf | PDF icon 202 Kb
07/05/2008 The Riksbank's communication policy by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 87 Kb
11/04/2008 The IMF should sharpen it's tools by Stefan Ingves | PDF icon 108 Kb
06/03/2008 Should monetary policy stabilise resource utilisation? by Magnus Jonsson, Christian Nilsson and Stefan Palmqvist | PDF icon 207 Kb

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13/05/2011