• Statens reservefond 1904-1925. Et forsøk på å binde politisk handlefrihet? 

      Hylland, Aanund (Journal article, 2005)
      Statens reservefond, på 40 millioner kroner til bruk «i nødens stund», ble i 1911 grunnlovfestet for å sikre at det ikke ble brukt i strid med forutsetningene. Midlene skulle plasseres i «førsteklasses» utenlandske ...
    • Statistics on Foreign Exchange Transactions - New Insight into Foreign Exchange Markets 

      Meyer, Erik; Skjelvik, Janett (Journal article, 2006)
      Norges Bank has published new statistics on the purchase and sale of NOK for foreign currency. The statistics provide information about activity in the market for NOK, and will be an important aid in monitoring and identifying ...
    • Stigende matvarepriser – en drivkraft for inflasjonen? 

      Sand, Tove Katrine; Støholen, Bente (Journal article, 2008)
      Internasjonale matvarepriser har steget kraftig siden begynnelsen av 2007. I denne artikkelen analyserer vi faktorer bak prisveksten på matvarer både internasjonalt og i Norge. Prisøkningen på matvarer i Norge, slik den ...
    • Stress Testing of Banks’ Profit and Capital Adequacy 

      Andersen, Henrik; Berge, Tor Oddvar (Journal article, 2008)
      A model system for stress testing financial stability is being developed at Norges Bank. In this article, we present two of the models in this system: a macroeconomic model and a bank model. The macro model simulates ...
    • Stresstesting av bankenes resultater og kapitaldekning 

      Andersen, Henrik; Berge, Tor Oddvar (Journal article, 2008)
      I Norges Bank utvikles det et modellsystem for stresstesting av finansiell stabilitet. I denne artikkelen presenterer vi to av modellene i dette systemet: en makroøkonomisk modell og en bankmodell for å analysere utviklingen ...
    • Strukturendringer i finansnæringen - Norges Banks rolle 

      Bergo, Jarle; Solheim, Jon A. (Journal article, 2003)
      Norges Bank uttaler seg om strukturendringer i hovedsak når disse vurderes som viktige for finansiell stabilitet, som ved en mulig etablering av finanskonsernet DnB NOR ASA. Norges Banks rolle og arbeid med strukturendringer ...
    • Særskatt på finansinstitusjoner og avgifter til sikringsfond 

      Berg, Sigbjørn Atle (Journal article, 2010)
      I kjølvannet av finanskrisen er det kommet mange forslag til nye skatter for finansnæringen. Motivene springer i stor grad ut fra den aktuelle situasjonen. I denne artikkelen ser vi på det faglige grunnlaget for noen av ...
    • TARGET2-Securities – billigere og sikrere verdipapiroppgjør i Europa? 

      Husevåg, Vigdis (Journal article, 2010)
      Ved uro i verdipapirmarkedet er det spesielt viktig at man har gode systemer for å gjøre opp handler. den europeiske sentralbanken har etablert prosjektet TARGET2-Securities (T2S), som skal gjøre det enklere og billigere ...
    • The 20-krone coin commemorating voyages to Vinland 

      Ukjent forfatter (Journal article, 1999)
    • The 20-krone commemorative coin 

      Ukjent forfatter (Journal article, 1999)
    • The 20-Krone Commemorative Coin 

      Ukjent forfatter (Journal article, 1999)
    • The Central Bank’s Liquidity Policy in an Oil Economy 

      Fidjestøl, Asbjørn (Journal article, 2007)
      Norges Bank’s instrument for achieving the objective of low and stable inflation is the key policy rate – the rate of interest on banks’ deposits in Norges Bank. But how do Norges Bank’s interest rate decisions affect ...
    • The Development of the Norwegian Payment System in the Period 1945–2010, with Particular Focus on the Role of Norges Bank 

      Haare, Harald; Solheim, Jon A. (Journal article, 2012)
      The article is a slightly revised version of Chapter II (the summary) in Norges Bank’s Occasional Paper No. 44. The Occasional Paper surveys the development of the Norwegian payment system in the period 1945-2010. It ...
    • The Effects of Economic News on Norwegian Market Interest Rates 

      Eeg, Knut (Journal article, 2008)
      Interest rates and other financial asset prices are based on expectations about economic developments. Asset prices react to new information. In this article, we explore the effects of news about key macroeconomic variables, ...
    • The Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Clothing Prices and on Overall Consumer Price Inflation 

      Høegh-Omdal, Kristine; Wilhelmsen, Bjørn-Roger (Journal article, 2002)
      Clothing prices, as measured in the consumer price index, are about 15 per cent lower today than they were in 1995. This fall in prices has contributed to curbing overall consumer price inflation. Developments in clothing ...
    • The IMF's Stress Testing of the Norwegian Financial Sector 

      Hagen, Jan; Nordal, Kjell Bjørn; Steffensen, Emil (Journal article, 2005)
      Following a thorough examination of the Norwegian financial system, the IMF concluded in summer 2005 that the system is sound and well managed. Shorter-term vulnerabilities are low. This conclusion is based partly on the ...
    • The Macroprudential Approach to Financial Stability 

      Gjedrem, Svein (Journal article, 2005)
      Introduction: Financial stability has become an increasingly important objective in economic policymaking during recent decades. In the 1980s, direct regulation of credit markets and capital flows was dismantled in many ...
    • The Neutral Real Interest Rate 

      Bernhardsen, Tom; Gerdrup, Karsten R. (Journal article, 2007)
      The concept “neutral real interest rate” is generally associated with the real interest rate level, which implies that monetary policy is neither expansionary nor contractionary. We define the neutral real interest rate ...
    • The Output Gap in Norway - a Comparison of Different Methods 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Brubakk, Leif; Jore, Anne Sofie (Journal article, 2005)
      Are pressures in the economy strong or subdued? The answer to this question is important to a central bank operating an inflation-targeting monetary policy regime, because the degree of pressure in the economy can provide ...
    • The Reliability of Today's Financial Macroindicators 

      Bø, Olav; Røstadsand, Jon Ivar; Tørum, Espen (Journal article, 2003)
      Norges Bank’s key rate (sight deposit rate) is set on the basis of information concerning developments in a number of economic and financial variables. In order to provide the optimal basis for monetary policy decisions, ...