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The central bank of Sweden (" Sveriges Riksbank " or simply " Riksbanken ") was founded in Stockholm from the remains of the failed bank Stockholms Banco in 1664 and answered to the parliament (" Riksdag of the Estates ") thus making it the oldest central bank still operating today.
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Supporters of the Austrian business cycle theory respond that the theory applies to the expansion of the money supply, not necessarily an expansion done by a central bank.
At first there was no passenger service, for south of the station was the Akihabara cargo docks, where goods from all over the world would flow into Kanda by river and be hauled up the east bank of the canal to be ticketed at the central cargo transport window.
Banca d ' Italia ( Italian for Bank of Italy ) is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks.
The new central bank first issued bank-notes during 1926.
The military dangers in such an enterprise were numerous: Marlborough's lines of communication along the Rhine would be hopelessly exposed to French interference, for Louis ’ generals controlled the left bank of the river and its central reaches.
The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.
Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world, after the Sveriges Riksbank and the world's 8th oldest bank.
During the governorship of Montagu Norman, which lasted from 1920 to 1944, the Bank made deliberate efforts to move away from commercial banking and become a central bank.
This involves a central bank buying back long term government bonds from other domestic financial institutions without reference to the interest rate ( which is typically low when QE is called for ), seriously increasing the money supply.
* The Bank for International Settlements is located within the city and is the central banker's bank.
The bank is controlled by a board of directors, which is composed of the elite central bankers of 11 different countries ( US, UK, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden ).
Collectors may also take interest in money issued during the administration of a historically significant bureaucrat such as a central bank governor, treasurer or finance secretary.
Usually, a government declares its currency ( including notes and coins issued by the central bank ) to be legal tender, making it unlawful to not accept it as a means of repayment for all debts, public and private.
In most cases, a central bank has monopoly control over emission of coins and banknotes ( fiat money ) for its own area of circulation ( a country or group of countries ); it regulates the production of currency by banks ( credit ) through monetary policy.
In cases where a country does have control of its own currency, that control is exercised either by a central bank or by a Ministry of Finance.
Convertibility of a currency determines the ability of an individual, corporate or government to convert its local currency to another currency or vice versa with or without central bank / government intervention.
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is a public institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates.
In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the nation's monetary base, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the nation's legal tender.
The primary function of a central bank is to manage the nation's money supply ( monetary policy ), through active duties such as managing interest rates, setting the reserve requirement, and acting as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during times of bank insolvency or financial crisis.
As the first public bank to " offer accounts not directly convertible to coin ", the Bank of Amsterdam established in 1609 is considered to be the precursor to modern central banks.
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The family estate was situated near Vadstena on Lake Vattern in south central Sweden.
Fresh and dried dill leaves ( sometimes called " dill weed " to distinguish it from dill seed ) are used as herbs, mainly in Finland, Sweden, the Baltic, in Russia, and in central Asia.
The Swedish title refers to the small town of Åmål in central Sweden.
Roxen is a medium-sized lake in south central Sweden, east of lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and the Göta Canal.
Geographically, Motala is situated where Lake Vättern drains into the river system of Motala ström, which was of central importance to the massive industralization of Sweden in the 19th century.
In the earliest recorded periods they occupied the arctic and subarctic regions as well as the central part of the peninsula as far south as Dalarna, Sweden.
Sigtuna Municipality ( Sigtuna kommun ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden.
Sture's widow, Dame Kristina Gyllenstierna, was still resisting in Stockholm with support from the peasants of central Sweden, and defeated the Danes at Balundsås on March 19.
The iron helmet with mask and chain mail was for the chieftains, based on the previous Vendel-age helmets from central Sweden.
Västerås Municipality ( Västerås kommun ) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden.
* Intense urbanistic activity in north and central Europe: Kalmar ( Kungälv ) and Varberg ( Sweden ) are chartered creation of the cities of Aach ( southern Germany ) and Nakléřov ( in Bohemia, German: Nollendorf ) and construction of the castle of Burgg Eppstein ( central Germany ).
At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation for the municipalities within its borders.
In the following years, 600 Swedes and Finns, the latter group mainly Forest Finns from central Sweden, and also a number of Dutchmen and Germans in Swedish service, settled in the area.
The Forest Finns had principally immigrated from Savonia in Eastern Finland to Dalarna, Bergslagen and other provinces in central Sweden during the late 16th and early to mid 17th centuries.
Karlskoga Municipality ( Karlskoga kommun ) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden.
This consolidated state of Sweden already included Finland presumably from an early crusade into the area of Tavastland in central current day Finland.
Ring forts were built in five strategic locations: Trelleborg on Sjælland, Nonnebakken on Fyn, Fyrkat in central Jylland, Aggersborg near Limfjord, and a second Trelleborg near the modern town of Trelleborg in Scania in present-day Sweden.
Roggeborgen in Strängnäs was a central location during the events when Gustav Eriksson was elected king of Sweden.
Assailed from all sides by France, Austria, Russia and Sweden, Frederick exploited his central position which enabled him to move his army along interior lines and concentrate against one opponent at a time.
Solna Municipality ( Solna kommun or Solna stad ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm.
A fragmentary cross has been discovered in Granhammar in Vintrosa parish in Närke, Sweden and testify to the English mission in the central Swedish provinces.
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