• Estimates of banks' losses on loans to the corporate sector 

      Hjelseth, Ida Nervik; Saxegaard, Elif Arbatli; Solheim, Haakon; Vatne, Bjørn H. (Staff Memo;10/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      Loans to non-financial enterprises are the main source of banks’ losses. Analyses of banks’ losses on corporate loans are therefore important in the assessment of financial stability. This paper presents Norges Bank’s framework ...
    • Government support schemes during the Covid-19 pandemic have had a dampening effect on corporate credit risk 

      Hjelseth, Ida Nervik; Solheim, Haakon; Vatne, Bjørn H. (Staff Memo;3/2021, Working paper, 2021)
      After the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the authorities have introduced a number of measures aimed at the business sector. Support has largely been given to the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic and measures to contain ...
    • How does IFRS 9 affect banks’ impairment recognition in bad times? 

      Andersen, Henrik; Hjelseth, Ida Nervik (Staff Memo;9/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      IFRS 9 has changed the way banks recognise credit losses. Under IFRS 9, credit impairment shall be based on more forward-looking assessments by including recognition of expected credit losses. The purpose of this memo is ...
    • How much CET1 capital must banks set aside for commercial real estate exposures? 

      Andersen, Henrik (Staff Memo;10/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      The Ministry of Finance has proposed a temporary capital requirement (risk weight floor) for commercial real estate (CRE) exposures in Norway, applicable to the largest banks. CRE is the sector where banks have historically ...