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Norway’s Gjedrem outlines new strategy for sovereign wealth fund
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem says oil fund’s new investment strategy will include third asset class
Norway’s Gjedrem bids to hold on to wealth fund role
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem disagrees with proposal to strip management of sovereign wealth fund from Norges Bank; says central bank best placed to manage Government Pension Fund Global
Øystein Olsen named next Norges Bank chief
Statistics Norway managing director Øystein Olsen will become governor in January, as Svein Gjedrem’s final term draws to a close; move expected, analysts say
Norges Bank finds strong oil krone link
Norges Bank study shows strong co-movement between oil prices, krone exchange rate and interest differentials can provide useful benchmark for measuring currency
Norway’s global sovereign wealth fund tops Nkr3 trillion
Government Pension Fund Global market value reaches Nkr3 trillion milestone following a weakening krone
Bank of Thailand opens shop in China
People's Bank of China says Bank of Thailand's new representative office in Beijing will aid cooperation
Norges Bank sues Citi over subprime-related losses
Norges Bank alleges bank was deceitful over true nature of health; condemns Citi’s subprime mortgage, CDO practices
Rate decisions this week
Majority of central banks stand pat as uncertainties persist over growth, price pressures; Iceland cuts while Turkey, Uruguay tighten policy
Norway’s Gulbrandsen: benefits of regulation outweigh costs
Norges Bank’s executive director of financial stability Kristin Gulbrandsen says tight regulation would have net social benefit
Norway’s Gjedrem says return to inflation target will be delayed
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem says weakness in growth will lead to concessions on inflation mandate
Inflation targeting survived crisis test: Norway’s Qvigstad
Norges Bank deputy Jan Qvigstad says increased transparency has been very valuable
FX market going global: BIS
Bank for International Settlements’ triennial survey of foreign exchange markets shows decline in prevalence of local transactions, dollar and sterling
Moral hazard not contained prior to crisis: Norges Bank paper
Norges Bank paper co-authored by Bank for International Settlements' Claudio Borio points to lessons from the Nordic experience
Norway’s Gjedrem tells students merits of rules based system
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem says experiment with centrally planned economy proved disastrous; says policy rules system remains best option
Rate round-up: Chile ignores global tensions and hikes rates
Chile raises rates despite uncertainty in global recovery; Norway and South Korea hold; Ukraine cuts
Expansionary policy commitment redundant: Norges Bank
Norges Bank study says low interest rate rhetoric at central banks ineffective under neo-classical Phillips curve model
Norges Bank – Annual Report on Payments Systems (2009)
Norges Bank says Norway’s payment system is secure but has room for improvement in cost-effectiveness
Big banks get better borrowing rates: Norges Bank
Research from the Norwegian central bank finds that systemically important lenders get more favourable terms on the interbank markets, partly due to lower perceived credit risk
EXCLUSIVE: Pick and choose from social media tools: BIS’s Laurmaa
Bank for International Settlements’ head of web publishing Timo Laurmaa says Twitter more beneficial to profit-making companies; short releases help when reaching out to wider-than-usual audience
Norges Bank takes reputation poll
Norwegian central bank publishes outcome of its first ever reputation survey; poll finds central bank is doing well in public eyes, but could be more open
Norges Bank: Logarithmic opinion pools better forecaster of uncertainties
Norges Bank study finds that logarithmic opinion pools are better than linear opinion pools in modelling density forecasts
Norges Bank improves forecasting methods for external shocks
Norges Bank research applies theory of conditional forecasts to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models
Norges Bank takes billion dollar hit in 2009
Annual accounts show Norway's central bank lost Nkr7.6 billion ($1.16 billion) in 2009
Norges Bank: payment prices should reflect costs
The Norges Bank annual report on payment systems calls for greater efficiency in sector