Norges Bank
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
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