Norway
Norges Bank deputy pits Keynes against Hayek
Both thinkers have important lessons to offer for crisis management
Norges Bank researchers grapple with nonlinear exchange rate pass-through
Authors find empirical results are hard to pin down
Norway’s Olsen plans to seek reappointment
Government launches public application process for position
Norges Bank willing to consider move into negative territory
Central bank cuts rates to 0.5% and signals further action likely
Bank capital matters for risk-taking channel of monetary policy, Norges Bank paper finds
Less capitalised banks more willing to take on risky borrowers
Norges Bank organisational changes geared towards better investment
Sovereign wealth fund achieved returns of 2.7% in 2015
Norway’s pension fund may be close to peak, Olsen says
Economy in for difficult period of rebalancing
High debt tends to reduce consumption growth – Norges Bank memo
Research tries to capture diversity of household balance sheets
NBIM reports clarify demands for high ethical standards
Good ethics will deliver good growth in long run, fund believes
Distribution of liquidity can impact monetary policy transmission, paper finds
Research encourages central banks to pay attention to distribution as well as overall level of liquidity
‘Decarbonisation’ could allow investors to hedge climate risks, economists say
Low-carbon index can deliver good returns while hedging risk and cutting carbon footprint
Floating exchange rate has led to more volatility, Norwegian paper says
Moving to inflation targeting regime prompted rise in late 1990s, authors find
Norges Bank paper seeks to improve modelling of money
Researchers aim to capture money’s role as a medium of exchange and a liquid asset
Restructuring Norwegian economy will take time, Norges Bank says
The Norwegian economy is suffering amid further falls in oil prices
Norges Bank shuffles organisation of support functions
Norges Bank looks to strengthen support structure
Norges Bank gets second deputy governor for first time
Norges Bank announces appointment of academic to newly-created position
Short-term funding developments put Norwegian banks at risk, report finds
Norwegian banks remain vulnerable to aspects of Norwegian economy
Norges Bank paper tries to extract high-frequency forecasts from low-frequency data
Researchers find low-frequency information can be important
NBIM records Q3 loss amid stock market volatility
Drop in equity investment causes NBIM loss in third quarter
Norges Bank to supervise $1bn-plus SWF property deals
Separate committee to convene for property investments with value above $250m
Norway dips into oil fund for first time
Stimulus package and drop in revenue leave small gap
Norges Bank unlikely to follow others into negative territory, says Olsen
ECB and Riksbank taking different approaches to imposing negative rates
Norway signals further easing as it cuts again
Norges Bank expects inflation set to fall back to 2% over the forecast horizon
IMF staff call for greater delegation of macro-prudential powers in Norway
Technical note identifies issues around co-ordination across ministry, central bank and FSA