The current situation for monetary policy
The current situation for monetary policy Standing Committee on Finance On New Year's Day the Riksbank acquired an independent status even in a formal sense. By the same token, Chapter 6, Article 4 of the amended Riksbank Act (1998:1385) stipulates that the Riksbank is to hand over a written report on monetary policy to the Riksdag's Standing Committee on Finance at least twice a year. Today, such an account has been presented to the Standing Committee and I shall now briefly summarise its contents and our appraisal of the conditions for monetary policy. I shall begin with a short account