• 500 Years of Price History : Price Stability Is the Norm. What Distinguishes the Abnormal? 

      Qvigstad, Jan F. (Staff Memo;7/2005, Working paper, 2005)
      The transition to inflation targeting, which took place in Norway in 2001, may perhaps at the time have appeared to be a transition to a new and unfamiliar monetary policy system. Inflation targeting has, after just a few ...
    • Central Bank Modernization 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Banda, Lenia; Bøhn, Harald; Caesar, Ellen Johanne; Christiansen, Anne Berit; Eide, Jostein; Eklund, Trond; Enge, Asbjørn; Evjen, Snorre; Ford, Chris; Jonassen, Morten; Ligoya, Perks; Natvig, Peder; Nyirongo, Neil; Mdwazika, Fraser; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Selnes, Steinar; Solheim, Jon A.; Watne, Kjetil; Zeleza, Moza; Zephirin, Mary G. (Occasional Papers;40, Book, 2010)
    • Communicating Monetary Policy Intentions: The Case of Norges Bank 

      Holmsen, Amund; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Røisland, Øistein; Solberg-Johansen, Kristin (Working Papers;20/2008, Working paper, 2008)
      Monetary policy works mainly through private agents’ expectations. How precisely future policy intentions are communicated has, according to theory, implications for the outcome of monetary policy. Norges Bank has gone ...
    • Criteria for “good” justifications 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Schei, Tore (Working papers;6/2018, Working paper, 2018)
      Many institutions in a democratic society wield important power by virtue of the decisions they make. These decisions may concern individuals or have a more general impact on society. It goes without saying today that this ...
    • Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway 1819–2003 

      Eitrheim, Øyvind; Erlandsen, Solveig K.; Gerdrup, Karsten R.; Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Holter, Jon Petter; Klovland, Jan Tore; Qvigstad, Jan F. (Occasional Papers;35, Book, 2004)
    • Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway – Part II 

      Eitrheim, Øyvind; Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Klovland, Jan Tore (Occasional Papers;38, Book, 2007)
    • How to Treat the Exchange Rate Assumption for an Inflation Targeting Regime 

      Qvigstad, Jan F. (Staff Memo;4/2005, Working paper, 2005)
      "The topic I am going to discuss here is how to treat the exchange rate assumption when making projections under an inflation targeting regime. The central bank of Norway made the official change to inflation targeting in ...
    • I samarbeid 

      Wold, Knut Getz; Kobberrød, Jan Thomas (Norges Banks Skriftserie;52, Book, 2017)
    • Implementing and Communicating Optimal Monetary Policy 

      Holmsen, Amund; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Røisland, Øistein (Staff Memo;3/2007, Working paper, 2007)
      The interest rate forecast plays a key role in the communication of monetary policy in Norges Bank. We give a comprehensive overview of the Bank’s communication with focus on the interest rate forecast. The main arguments ...
    • Kriterier for «gode» begrunnelser 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Schei, Tore (Working papers;6/2018, Working paper, 2018)
      I demokratiske samfunn utøver ulike institusjoner gjennom beslutninger viktig samfunnsmakt. Beslutningene kan rette seg mot enkeltindivider eller ha en mer generell samfunnsmessig virkning. Det er en selvfølge i dag at ...
    • Monetary Policy Committees and Communication 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Fridriksson, Ingimundur; Langbraaten, Nina (Staff Memo;2/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      A country has only one central bank. It is therefore logical to compare it with central banks of other countries. There is broad agreement on the objective of monetary policy – price stability – and on central bank ...
    • Monetary Policy in Real Time 

      Qvigstad, Jan F. (Working Papers;1/2001, Working paper, 2001)
      The interest rate is set by the central bank with a view to securing a nominal anchor for the economy in the long term. The setting of interest rates is based on evaluations of economic trends and the balance of risks. In ...
    • On Institutions - Fundamentals of Confidence and Trust 

      Falkanger, Aage Thor; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Remlov, Tom (Occasional Papers;47, Book, 2014)
    • On Keeping Promises 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Sejersted, Francis; Slagstad, Rune; Stavang, Endre; Syse, Henrik (Occasional Papers;39, Book, 2009)
    • On Learning from History – Truths and Eternal Truths 

      Byfuglien, Helga Haugland; Lie, Anne Kveim; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Skartveit, Hanne (Occasional Papers;46, Book, 2013)
    • On Making Good Decisions 

      Eilertsen, Trine; Hylland, Aanund; Killengreen, Ingelin; Qvigstad, Jan F. (Occasional Papers;43, Book, 2011)
    • On Managing Wealth 

      Lie, Einar; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Smith, Eivind (Occasional Papers;45, Book, 2012)
    • On Transparency 

      Aardal, Bernt; Backer, Inge Lorange; Føllesdal, Andreas; Hylland, Aanund; Qvigstad, Jan F. (Occasional Papers;41, Book, 2010)
    • Pengepolitiske komiteer og kommunikasjon 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Fridriksson, Ingimundur; Langbraaten, Nina (Staff Memo;1/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      Det finnes bare en sentralbank i et land. Det er derfor naturlig å sammenligne den med sentralbanker i andre land. Det er bred enighet om målet for pengepolitikken – prisstabilitet – og at sentralbanken skal være uavhengig ...
    • Policy-Making and Models at Norges Bank 

      Qvigstad, Jan F. (Staff Memo;5/2005, Working paper, 2005)
      [...] Norges Bank’s macro models have played a key role in forecasting work over many years. Inflation targeting probably places greater demands on our understanding of the way the economy functions than earlier regimes, ...