Written in celebration of its 350th anniversary in 2018, this book details the history of the central bank of Sweden …, Sveriges Riksbank, as presented by Klas Fregert. It relates the bank's history to the development of other major central banks … around the world. Chapters are written by some of the more prominent scholars in the field of monetary economics and economic …

liquidity, and in the balance sheet of the Central Bank. Such control over its own balance sheet is the core, central function … of any Central Bank, even more so than its role in setting short-term interest rates, which latter could be delegated. We …