Speeches from Sveriges Riksbank as a RSS feed.enFri, 16 Oct 2026 01:31:25 +020010https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/rss/speeches/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/bunge-will-investment-in-ai-live-up-to-the-high-expectations/AI is already driving investment and boosting growth and will continue to have an impact on the economy and the labour market in the long term. “The use of AI has great potential to boost productivity in the economy and efficiency in the financial markets,” said First Deputy Governor Aino Bunge during her visit to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in Malmö. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:11 +02002026-10-12T16:30:11+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/bunge-will-investment-in-ai-live-up-to-the-high-expectations/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/strong-growth-and-inflation-risk--thedeen-sees-grounds-for-interest-rate-increase/“The Swedish economy has performed better than expected, whilst the risks of inflation overshooting the target have increased. At our most recent policy rate meeting, I therefore argued that there are strong reasons to raise the policy rate in the near term”. These comments were made by Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen during a presentation at the Ruter Dam event in Stockholm today. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:35:00 +02002026-10-08T15:35:00+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/strong-growth-and-inflation-risk--thedeen-sees-grounds-for-interest-rate-increase/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/per-jansson-in-london-on-the-economic-situation/Last week, the Executive Board left the policy rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent and signalled that if the outlook for inflation and economic activity remains unchanged, it is expected that increases to the rate will begin this year. In London, Deputy Governor Per Jansson spoke at Nordea and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom about the economic situation and his reasoning behind the decision. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:35:00 +02002026-09-30T09:35:00+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/per-jansson-in-london-on-the-economic-situation/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/thedeen-strong-and-modern-supervision--fast-changing-world/Thedéen: Strong and modern supervision in a fast-moving worldWed, 30 Sep 2026 03:40:02 +02002026-09-30T03:40:02+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/thedeen-strong-and-modern-supervision--fast-changing-world/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/thedeen-three-priority-issues-for-the-future-of-payments/During the Innovation and Payments panel at the Future of Finance conference, organised by the Central Bank of Ireland, Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen highlighted three key issues for the future of the payments market.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:15:02 +02002026-09-18T10:15:02+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/thedeen-three-priority-issues-for-the-future-of-payments/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/anna-seim-what-is-money/What is money? Anna Seim posed this question at a seminar at the Economy Museum. For example, is Bitcoin money? No, not according to Ms Seim.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:00:13 +02002026-09-09T18:00:13+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/anna-seim-what-is-money/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/erik-thedeen-in-visby-on-the-economic-situation-and-monetary-policy/Riksbank Governor Erik Thedéen was in Visby on Thursday and spoke at Tillväxt Gotland about the Riksbank’s role in the economy and the latest interest rate decision.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:30:12 +02002026-09-03T12:30:12+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/erik-thedeen-in-visby-on-the-economic-situation-and-monetary-policy/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/per-jansson-inflation-risks-being-elevated-but-there-is-scope-to-wait-and-see/“The risk of elevated inflation going forward has increased slightly, but we have the scope to wait before adjusting monetary policy.” This was said by Deputy Governor Per Jansson, speaking at the Swedish Bankers’ Association about his stance at the most recent monetary policy meeting.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:30:10 +02002026-08-31T10:30:10+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/per-jansson-inflation-risks-being-elevated-but-there-is-scope-to-wait-and-see/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/goran-hjelm-signs-of-stronger-economic-activity--but-the-risks-of-inflation-being-too-high-remain/“We have a challenging period ahead of us with regard to monetary policy. We need to test our way forward and carefully analyse what effect the current policy rate and policy-rate path essentially have on the development of the economy.” These comments were made by Deputy Governor Göran Hjelm, describing his views on the most recent policy rate decision at Handelsbanken in Stockholm. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:00:10 +02002026-08-26T08:00:10+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/goran-hjelm-signs-of-stronger-economic-activity--but-the-risks-of-inflation-being-too-high-remain/https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/erik-thedeen-the-banks-should-regularly-test-their-operational-capacity-to-borrow-from-the-riksbank/The Riksbank encourages the banks to regularly test their operational capacity to borrow from the Riksbank’s lending facilities and counterparties are now recommended to voluntarily conduct test transactions with the Riksbank.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:30:11 +02002026-06-10T15:30:11+02:00https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/press-and-published/speeches-and-presentations/2026/erik-thedeen-the-banks-should-regularly-test-their-operational-capacity-to-borrow-from-the-riksbank/