Norges Bank
Norges Bank: payment prices should reflect costs
The Norges Bank annual report on payment systems calls for greater efficiency in sector
Norges Bank: Financial Stability Report
Norges Bank’s bi-annual Financial Stability Report shows a positive outlook for the Norwegian economy despite instability in Europe
Norway’s wealth fund profits again
Norges Bank’s Government Pension Fund-Global returns just under 4% for first quarter of 2010, outperforming benchmark once again; fund will set up Singapore office to strengthen Southeast Asian presence
Rate round-up: Czech National Bank cuts on eurozone woe
Romania and Iceland also loosen; Australia, Peru and Norway raise rates by 25 basis points, Egypt and Indonesia hold
Norges Bank: discretionary policy as good as simple rule policy
Norges Bank paper shows that optimal monetary policy is equally as effective in conducting policies as a simple rule system.
Norway’s Gjedrem: IMF, not G20, must lead post-crisis policy debate
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem sees IMF as key means to engage all countries in building global policy framework
Norges Bank’s Gjedrem on rate decisions
Svein Gjedrem offers cautious outlook for growth following rate decision last week
Norges Bank director pushes for better pricing of risk
Norges Bank director Arlid Lund discusses how to prevent the next crisis and where the risks lie
Norway’s wealth fund smashes profit record
Norway’s Government Pension Fund–Global sees a 25.6% return on its investments for 2009, trumping the benchmark portfolio by more than four percentage points
Norges Bank sees $1.28 billion loss
Norwegian central bank says deficit the result of the appreciation of its currency; cannot transfer funds to the country’s Treasury as a result
Merge G20 and IMF: Norway’s Gjedrem
Norges Bank governor Svein Gjedrem calls for the two bodies to be combined, and underpinned by principles that mean all countries, irrespective of size, have their voices heard
Norway puts rate rises on ice
Pause in exit strategy as recovery “takes hold”, inflation likely to fall
Norway’s SWF looks to emerging markets
Government Pension Fund-Global, the Norges Bank-run oil fund, thrived in the crisis as a result of its equity-laden and highly diversified portfolio, says government investment chief
Norway hikes for second time
Norges Bank raises key rate to 1.75% citing pick-up in economic activity
Gold standard did Scandinavia good
Norges Bank examines monetary policy and inflation dynamic of the Scandinavian Currency Union
Norways’s Qvigstad on the art of communication
Norges Bank’s Jan Qvigstad outlines criteria for good central bank communication
Norway raises rates
Higher than expected inflation means Norges Bank becomes first European central bank to begin “exit strategy”
Norway’s Gjedrem plays down crisis impact
Norges Bank’s governor says financial crisis unlikely to feed through to real economy
Norges Bank reverses emergency collateral rules
Norway’s central bank tightens collateral guidelines with immediate effect, proposes end to acceptance of bank bonds
House prices influence rate setting – Norway’s Gjedrem
Norges Bank’s Svein Gjedrem says equity and property prices influence monetary policy in Norway
Norway alludes to rate hike
Executive Board vote to maintain policy rate, but suggest tightening if current trends in Norwegian economy continue
Inflation forecasting for a changing world
Norges Bank develops new model suitable for real-time inflation forecasting
Modellers should care what the weatherman says
Norges Bank says macro modellers should seek inspiration from weather forecasters
Social capital aids stakeholder orientation
Norges Bank says banks located in communities with high social capital have a higher probability of survival