Norges Bank's Monetary Policy Report (MPR) 1/12 introduced amendments to the criteria for an appropriate interest rate path in order to explicitly take into account the risk of a buildup of financial imbalances. The monetary policy "loss function" used in model-based analyses was accordingly...

Statsgjeldsforvaltningen i Norge har som mål å låne til lavest mulig kostnader. God likviditet i statsobligasjonsmarkedet vil bidra til lavere lånekostnader for staten. I denne analysen ser vi på flere indikatorer som fra ulike vinkler kan belyse utviklingen i likviditeten i det norske...

This paper empirically tests the expectations hypothesis on both daily EONIA swap rates and monthly EURIBOR rates extended backwards with German LIBOR rates. In addition, we quantify the size of the risk premia in the money market at maturities of one, three, six and nine months. Using implied...

The hypothesis of extrapolative expectations is tested directly using Norwegian microeconomic data on firms' expectations of the prices of own products in domestic and export markets and expectations of demand for own products in domestic and export markets. The data, which are categorical, are...

The paper analyses the price on domestic market for an aggregate commodity produced by Norwegian private mainland economy. The long-run solution is modelled assuming imperfect competition. The elasticities with respect to unit labour costs and competing prices vary with an indicator for...

The Norwegian export price for an aggregated commodity is modelled assuming price-setting behaviour. The focus is on the choice between backward- and forward looking models. The dynamics is modelled according to three different approaches; a backward looking error correction model and two...

This paper uses imperfect competition as a basis for modelling the export price for an aggregated commodity produced by the Norwegian private mainland economy. The long run solution is analysed using a cointegration technique. The dynamics are modelled according to two different approaches; a...

Norwegian female labour participation rates have increased steadily since the beginning of the seventies. This paper address several issues concerning female labour participation series for the period 1972-1997. The main purpose is to identify factors that explain the trend-like increase during...