The Executive Board of Sweden's Riksbank has adopted a research agenda intended to set out the central bank’s ongoing research and the areas it prioritises for future research and analysis. The agenda is structured around four themes: new challenges in money, banking and payments, including how financial-system change affects resilience in banks, financial markets and the payments market; the monetary transmission mechanism, using micro data and models with different types of households and firms; structural transitions in the labour market, demography and the green economy, assessed with aggregate and household and corporate microdata; and the interaction between monetary, fiscal and financial stability policies, including effects on aggregate demand, risk-taking and long-term credibility. Across the themes, work is expected to use modern methods (including artificial intelligence), new data sources (including large datasets) and perspectives relevant to Sweden as an open economy.
Riksbank 2026-02-18
Sweden's Riksbank Executive Board adopts a research agenda spanning payments, monetary transmission, structural transitions and policy interactions
The Executive Board of Sweden's Riksbank has adopted a research agenda focusing on four themes: challenges in money, banking, and payments; the monetary transmission mechanism; structural transitions in the labour market, demography, and the green economy; and the interaction between monetary, fiscal, and financial stability policies. The agenda emphasizes using modern methods and new data sources relevant to Sweden's open economy.