Economic Bulletin articles from October 2007

Economic Bulletin archives from October 2007

Norges Bank's Printing Works--190 years of banknote production.
October 1, 2007... At the end of June 2007, Norges Bank's Printing Works was shut down and banknote production in Norway came to an end. The decision to discontinue operations was made by the Executive Board in 2002. The first banknotes were delivered the year...

Modelling credit risk in the enterprise sector--further development of the SEBRA model.
October 1, 2007... Since 2001, Norges Bank has used an empirical model, the SEBRA model (2), to estimate bankruptcy probabilities for Norwegian limited companies. The model is also used to estimate banks' expected losses on loans to enterprises in different...

Payment systems--a potential source of risk. The need for oversight and supervision.(Norway. Central Bank of Norway)
October 1, 2007... Since the early 1990s, there has been increased attention on the risk banks incur through their role in the payment system. The primary focus has not been on the individual bank's risk exposure but on the possibility of problems spreading from...

An analysis of financial ratios for the Oslo Stock Exchange.
October 1, 2007... Share prices are driven by companies' operations, funding and the risk premium required by investors. This article examines financial ratios that may reflect these three variables for the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 1997 to 2007. The...