Policy rate raised to 1.0 percent
Norges Bank’s Executive Board has decided to raise the policy rate by 0.25 percentage point to 1.0 percent. The Norwegian economy is expanding at a…
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New interest rates take effect in the New Year
Experts rule out that Norges Bank will touch the key interest rate in Thursday’s meeting. A new increase in interest rates can be set earliest…
Norges Bank announces interest rate increase in September
The board of directors at Norges Bank maintains the key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent. The interest rate has been unchanged for more than…
Norway exported goods worth ~82 bn in April
Norway exported goods worth NOK 81.9 billion in April In April, Norway exported goods worth NOK 81.9 billion, an increase of 20.5 per cent compared…
More look at fixed interest rates
Prospects of higher mortgages – more look at fixed interest rates The core interest rate is kept unchanged for a while yet, but experts expect…
Key policy rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent
Key policy rate in Norway unchanged at 0.5 per cent The Executive Board of Norges Bank (Bank of Norway) has decided to keep the key…
Great nervousness around new interest rates
The big question before Thursday’s monetary policy meeting concerns ‘Norges Bank’ opening for an interest rate hike as a result of new monetary policy rules….
Nine companies excluded from the oil fund
Norges Bank has decided to exclude nine companies from the Government Pension Fund Global. In addition, one company has been put under observation. The oil…
Key policy rate unchanged at 0,50 percent
Norges Bank’s Executive Board has decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 0.50 percent. In Monetary Policy Report 3/17, published on 21…
Norwegian production companies get their steam up
Production is increasing more than before, but labour supply has been slightly worse over the last three months. The companies that are part of Norges…
Cod and Viking ships on safer banknotes
Cod and Viking ships on safer banknotes Kristian Birkeland is replaced with a cod, while the Gokstad ship takes over after Kirsten Flagstad. The safer…
Norges Bank retains key interest rate unchanged at 0.5%
Key interest rate unchanged at 0.5% The central bank’s chief, Øystein Olsen, announced on Thursday that Norges Bank’s Executive Board has decided that the…
Norway’s National Bank keeps as predicted the key interest rate at 0.5 percent
In line with analysts’ expectations the Executive Board of Norges Bank keeps the key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent. The decision was announced Thursday….
COMMEMORATIVE COIN TO MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SAMI CONGRESS
Today, Norges Bank issued a 20-krone special edition circulation coin to mark the centenary of the first Sami congress. The coin’s centenary motif, “Interplay”, was…
Tax Director would shed 1.000 kroner notes. Norges Bank is skeptical
Tax Director: – We do not need 500 and 1000 kroner notes. The Tax Administration, many business sectors and banks want to get rid of…
Norges Bank considers new ‘e-money’
While hard-cash is on the wane, Norges Bank is considering introducing online, ‘virtual’ banknotes, a new type of electronic money. Today we use money in…
Norges Bank keeps key rate unchanged
Norges Bank is keeping the awaited key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent. It is slightly more likely that the interest rate will be cut…
Norges Bank keeps key rate unchanged
As expected, Norges Bank key rate remained unchanged at 0.5 percent when the Executive Board’s decision was announced on Thursday. – Overall developments have not…
Interest rate from Norges Bank remains the same
Norges Bank is keeping the key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent and expects it will remain at current levels in the near future. The…
Likely new interest rate cut in autumn
Norges Bank keeps the key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent, but in September, an already record-low interest rates may become even lower. – There…
