Sweden: Selected Issues
Electronic Access:
Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file
Summary:
This Selected Issues paper discusses measures taken to enable timely macroprudential action in Sweden. The Swedish financial supervisory authority has adopted a number of macroprudential measures under its mandates for financial stability and consumer protection. The supervisory authority imposed a loan-to-value limit of 85 percent for new mortgage loans in 2010, with the soundness principle as the legal basis for this measure. Under its financial stability mandate, it also set a floor on risk weights for Swedish mortgages, which was raised from 15 percent to 25 percent in September 2014. Following an expansion of the regulatory toolkit, a range of capital buffers have also been established and subsequently expanded.
Series:
Country Report No. 2016/354
Subject:
Asset and liability management Banking Financial sector policy and analysis Financial sector stability Foreign exchange Liquidity Macroprudential policy Macroprudential policy instruments
English
Publication Date:
November 17, 2016
ISBN/ISSN:
9781475553826/1934-7685
Stock No:
1SWEEA2016002
Pages:
54
Please address any questions about this title to publications@imf.org