Economic Bulletin articles from September 1999

Economic Bulletin archives from September 1999

ON SAFER GROUND?
September 1, 1999... The estimates in Norges Bank's third-quarter Inflation Report show broadly the same development in the mainland economy as in the repons presented earlier this year. The deviations are well within the margin of uncertainty inherent in such...

INFLATION REPORT.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... 1 SUMMARY 2 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 2.1 Price developments 2.2 Interest rates, the exchange rate and monetary conditions 2.3 The cyclical situation Box: - The Y2K problem and the effect on...

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND NORGES BANK'S OPERATIONS(1).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... 1 SUMMARY The Federal Reserve has raised the Fed Funds rate on two occasions, while the Bank of England has raised its repo rate once and the central bank of Denmark has lowered its repo rate since the June Economic Bulletin. Yields on...

20-KRONE COIN COMMEMORATING VOYAGES TO VINLAND - A COLLABORATION WITH CANADA.
September 1, 1999... A 20-krone coin har been designed by Norwegian sculptur Nils Aas to commemorate Viking voyages to Vinland. The coin is legal tender, and is being issued at face value. In 1960, Helge Ingstad's systematic search of extensive stretches of...

CAN THE PRICE OF CURRENCY OPTIONS PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF MARKET PERCEPTIONS OF THE UNCERTAINTY ATTACHED TO THE KRONE EXCHANGE RATE?
September 1, 1999... Prices in the currency options market can provide an indication of market perceptions of the uncertainty attached to future exchange rates. We have used these option prices to calculate the probability distribution for the krone exchange rate...

NEW WORKING PAPERS FROM NORGES BANK.
September 1, 1999... Norges Bank's Working Papers (Arbeidsnotater) present research projects (not necessarily in their final version), and are published among other reasons to enable the author to benefit from the comments of colleagues and interested parties. Only...

Statistical Annex.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... Financial institution balance sheets 1. Norges Bank. Balance sheet 2. Norges Bank. Specification of international reserves 3. State lending institutions. Balance sheet 4. Commercial and savings banks. Balance sheet 5....