Effekterna av Riksbankens kvantitativa lättnader på svenska statsobligationer

Sammanfattning: Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, unconventional monetary policy methods have been widely used by central banks around the world. In 2015, Sweden initiated a program of quantitative easing with the aim of regaining economic stability. The purpose of this essay is to study how Sweden’s monetary policy with quantitative easing, has effected Swedish government bonds. Using an event study, this essay analyzes if quantitative easing has had an impact on the government bonds interest rate and if there’s a statistically significant relation. The government bonds that are included in the study is bonds with maturity of 2, 5, 7, and 10 years . The results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between events of quantitative easing and changes in yields for government bonds.