Norges Bank
Speech by Hermann Remsperger, Bundesbank, 23 Sep
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Economic outlook and economic policy challenges for Germany' Remsperger said the planned enlargement of the European Union is certainly a challenge. The negotiations which are currently being conducted with 12 countries,…
Speech by Jarle Bergo of Norges Bank, 5 Sep
SPEECH - Bergo said in the speech titled 'Monetary policy, cyclical fluctuations and competitiveness' that through a sound, credible orientation of monetary policy, it is possible to attain an inflation rate that on average is equal to the targeted…
Norges Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Norges Bank keeps interest rates unchanged, 18 September.
Norges Bank Press Conference
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Excecutive Board of 18 September.
Norges Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Norges Banks Annual Report on Payment Systems for 2001, 2 July.
Norges Bank Press Conference, 3 July
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Executive Board / Inflation Report 2/ 2002.
Norges Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Norges Bank increases interest rates, 3 July.
Norges Bank's Inflation Report 2, 2002
REPORT - The Inflation Report discusses developments in the Norwegian economy and other factors that influence the inflation outlook. In addition, the balance of risks and uncertainty associated with the inflation projections are assessed.
Norges Bank's press conference
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Executive Board, 22 May.
Norges Bank press release
PRESS RELEASE - Norges Bank keeps interest rates unchanged, 22 May.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem of Norges Bank, 21 Mar
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The economic situation in Norway' Gjedrem reiterated that the oil-backed economy was likely to escape a global downturn saying that "the effects of the global downturn on the activity level in Norway have been limited".
Norges Bank's press conference of 10 April
PRESS CONFERENCE - Monetary policy meeting of Norges Bank's Executive Board.
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Deputy Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - In the speech titled '' Jarle Bergo said that "if the growth in the global economy picks up again as we have assumed, we expect consumer price inflation to be about 2.5 percent in two years time."
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Dep Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Deputy Central Bank Governor Jarle Bergo of Norges Bank. The speech titled 'Monetary policy in an uncertain world' considers Norway's current inflation policy and looks at the influence monetary policy has on the economy.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem Governor of Norges Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem of Norges Bank, Norway's central bank, at the conference on EMU and the euro hosted by The European Commission, Euro-Info Centre and NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry), Oslo, 30…
Speech by Jarle Bergo, Dep Governor Norges Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Jarle Bergo, Deputy Governor of Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway at the General Meeting of ACI Norge on 31 August.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem of Norway's central bank
SPEECH - The governor of Norway's central bank, Norges Bank, Svein Gjedrem, gave an address at the Wage Bargaining Conference of the Electricians and IT Workers' Union in Vestfold and Telemark counties on 24 August.
Speech by Svein Gjedrem of Norway's central bank
SPEECH - Speech by Central Bank of Norway Governor Svein Gjedrem at The Norwegian School of Management's Centre for Monetary Economics, 7 June.
New limited company for cash handling in Norway
NORWAY - Norges Bank, Den norske Bank ASA, Gjensidige Nor Sparebank, SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS, Terra-Gruppen AS, Fokus Bank ASA and Nordlandsbanken ASA have founded a joint limited company for cash handling.
Central Bank of Norway Financial Stability Report
REPORT - The Central Bank of Norway, Norges Bank, has published its Financial Stability report, May 2001.
Norges Bank keeps interest rates unchanged
NORWAY - Interest rates were left unchanged at Norges Bank's Executive Board meeting on 16 May. Norges Bank's key rate, the sight deposit rate, remains at 7.00 per cent. The overnight lending rate also remains unchanged.
Norway c.bank keeps interest rates on hold
NORWAY - Norway's central bank kept interest rates on hold on Apr 4, 2001 and reaffirmed a neutral outlook for rates, in line with analysts' forecasts, after four hikes in key rates in 2000.
Norges Bank to introduce 2.5% inflation target
NORWAY - Norway's government on Mar 29, 2001 introduced a 2.5% inflation target for the country's central bank, in line with 'international practice' to raise the transparency of monetary policy and facilitiatate communications.
Norway government petroleum fund 2000 return 2.5%
Norway's government petroleum fund had a return on capital last year of 2.5%, when measured in terms of a currency basket that corresponds with the Fund's benchmark portfolio, the Norwegian central bank reported on Mar 9.