Economic Bulletin articles from April 2007

Economic Bulletin archives from April 2007

Economic perspectives.
April 1, 2007... 1 Introduction The poet Rolf Jacobsen would have been 100 years old this year. He was particularly interested in geography. In an interview with Telemark Arbeiderblad in 1971, he stated that the Bible was a work of substantial importance,...

Interest rate projections in theory and practice.
April 1, 2007... 1. Introduction: The importance of the expectations channel in the conduct of monetary policy The most important task of monetary policy is to provide the economy with an anchor for inflation expectations--a nominal anchor. In Norway,...

Developments in the credit market--new types of loans and the volume of fixed-rate loans in Norway.
April 1, 2007... This article describes developments in various types of loans from financial institutions (1) and the volume of loans with a fixed-rate period, i.e. fixed-rate loans. In recent years, the credit market has evolved rapidly. The number of loan...

Housing investment and house prices.
April 1, 2007... In this article, we analyse developments in housing investment and the interaction between demand and supply in the housing market. The analysis indicates that the pronounced increase in housing investment since 2004 is related to low interest...