Svein Gjedrem, the governor of the Bank of Norway, said on Wednesday that the central bank's interest rate decisions may diverge from the forecasted rate path because of the heightened uncertainty caused by the global financial turmoil.

"Wage settlements may be different from what we envisaged, and there may be changes in the global economy, exchange rates, and petroleum and commodity prices that have an impact on the economy and the inflation outlook," he said. "This may result in a different