Tagged: Norwegian economy

Norway's 2019 budget - Siv Jensen

16 Oct, 2018

Norway’s 2019 budget

Proposed budget cuts taxes, increases funds to humanitarian aid Norwegian Ministry of Finance “The Norwegian economy is doing well. Businesses are investing more and employment is rising throughout the country. We are using the...

11 Jul, 2016

RegrEXIT: Norway and Brexit

Lina Aas-Helseth San Jose, Calif. Linn Chloe Hagstrøm The Norwegian American During the past few weeks, “Brexit” has already proven itself to be a failed promise and a rash decision with consequences in both...

27 Jan, 2016

“Norway will become poorer,” OECD says

Norway could lose two-thirds of oil wealth Sarah Bostock & Michael Sandelson The Foreigner The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development lists challenges for the Scandinavian country in its 2016 Economic Survey of Norway....

24 Dec, 2015

Swedes leave Norway as oil boom ends

Drawn in by high salaries, young Swedes are starting to go home The Local According to new figures from Statistics Norway, between April and September more than 2,000 Swedes left Norway, while only 1,800...

11 Jan, 2013

Norway tops prosperity index

Press Release Legatum Institute The Legatum Institute named Norway as the most prosperous country in the world for 2012, followed by Denmark and Sweden respectively. The index is a unique annual assessment of global...

2 Dec, 2010

Heading for cyclical upturn in economy

The Norwegian economy is still in a slump, but appears to have bottomed out. Greater domestic demand is expected to keep the growth rate high and to take the Norwegian economy into a boom...

5 Oct, 2010

Fiscal Budget 2011: A modest fiscal tightening

Several targeted policy measures helped mitigating the effects of the international financial crisis on the Norwegian economy. Following a decline in mainland output of 1.4 per cent in 2009, growth in the Mainland economy...

1 Dec, 2009

Norges Bank Gov: Norway’s Banks Should Reduce Liquidity Risk

Norway’s banks aren’t facing a solvency crisis but should reduce their liquidity risk so that they are better able to cope in case of future troubles, the governor of the country’s central bank, Svein...

4 Feb, 2009

Norway Lowers Benchmark Rate to Revive Growth

Norges Bank’s Executive Board decided Feb. 4 to reduce its key policy rate by 0.50 percentage point to 2.50 per cent. “Global economic growth has weakened further since December. The international downturn seems...