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Sweden adopts a price-stability monetary target

On 27 September 1931 Sweden left the gold standard and made preservation of the krona's domestic purchasing power the monetary-policy aim, later framed by the Riksbank as the first central-bank price-stability target.

Tier
A
Confidence
A
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
economy
Date
1931-09-27

On 27 September 1931 Sweden left the gold standard and made preservation of the krona’s domestic purchasing power the monetary-policy aim.

This is a high-ranked 1931 economic-model event because it has institutional confirmation and expert economic-history support.

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