EXECUTIVE BOARD
4 NOVEMBER 2015
International economy: GDP for trading partners
2
Volume. Export weights. Four-quarter change. Percent. 2000 Q1 – 2015 Q2
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
Emerging economies Advanced economies
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
International economy: GDP
3
Seasonally adjusted. Volume index. 2008 Q1=100. 2008 Q1 – 2015 Q3
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
90 95 100 105 110 115
90 95 100 105 110 115
2008 2010 2012 2014
US Sweden Euro area UK
International economy: Inflation
0 2 4
0 2 4
2010 2012 2014
US
Euro area UK
Sweden
-2 0 2 4 6 8
-2 0 2 4 6 8
2010 2012 2014
US
Euro area UK
Sweden
4
Consumer prices. Twelve-month change. January 2010 – October 2015
Consumer prices excluding food and energy Consumer prices
Source: Thomson Reuters
Policy rates for trading partners
5
Actual and estimated forward rates. Percent. 1 January 2010 – 1 October 2018
-1 0 1 2 3
-1 0 1 2 3
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
US
Euro area Sweden MPR 3/15
2 November 2015
Sources: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
Money market rates for trading partners
6
Percent. 2016 Q1 – 2018 Q4
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
2016 2017 2018
MPR 3/15
2 November 2015
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
Yields on ten-year government bonds
7
Percent. 1 January 2014 – 2 November 2015
0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4
Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15
US UK Sweden Germany Norway
Source: Bloomberg
Oil price
8
USD per barrel. Brent Blend. January 2011 – December 2018
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
2011 2013 2015 2017
Oil futures prices MPR 2/15 Oil futures prices MPR 3/15
Oil futures prices 2 November 2015 Spot
Source: Thomson Reuters
Exchange rate (I-44) and oil prices
9
1 January 2014 – 2 November 2015. Projections for 2015 Q4 from MPR 3/15
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 88
93
98
103
108
Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15
I-44¹ (l.h.s.)
Projection I-44, MPR 3/15 (l.h.s.) Oil price - USD per barrel (r.h.s.)
1) A positive slope denotes a stronger krone exchange rate Sources: Norges Bank and Thomson Reuters
Money market premiums
10
Three-month Nibor premiums. Percentage points. 1 January 2014 – 2 November 2015. Projections for 2015 Q4 from MPR 3/15
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15
Nibor premiums
Projections MPR 3/15
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
Risk premiums on bank bonds and covered bonds
11
Difference against German government bond yields. Basis points.
January 2014 – October 2015
Sources: Reuters and DNB Markets
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15
Norwegian covered bonds Norwegian senior bank bonds European senior bank bonds European covered bonds
Petroleum investment
12
Share of GDP mainland Norway. Percent. Projections for 2015 – 2018 from MPR 3/15
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Average 2000-2014
GDP for mainland Norway
13
Four-quarter change. Percent. 2013 Q1 – 2015 Q4
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
2013 2014 2015
SAM in MPR 3/15 SAM 28 October MPR 3/15
30%
50%
70%
90%
Regional network
14
Expected output growth next six months. Annualised. Percent
Source: Norges Bank
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Domestically oriented manufacturing
Export industry Oil services domestic market
Oil services export market
Construction Retail trade Commercial services
Household services
January 2015 May 2015 August 2015
Unemployment rate. LFS and NAV
15
Percent. Seasonally adjusted. January 2006 – October 2015
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
LFS NAV
Average LFS since 2000 Average NAV since 2000
Sources: Statistics Norway, NAV (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) and Norges Bank
Unemployment by county
16
Percentage of labour force. Seasonally adjusted.
January 2001 – October 2015
Sources: NAV and Norges Bank
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013
Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland and Vest-Agder Rest of the country
Immigration
17
Net migration by country of origin and asylum-seekers. In thousands of persons.
2003 – 2018 Population aged 20 – 66. Annual
change. Percent. 2003 – 2018
Sources: Statistics Norway, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Ministry of Finance and Norges Bank
-0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
-0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
Excluding immigration Total
Projections MPR 2/15
0 10 20 30 40 50
0 10 20 30 40 50
2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
Immigration from EU
Immigration from other countries Projections MPR 2/15
Asylum seekers
Projections in the amendment to the National Budget Projections in the National Budget
Structural non-oil deficit and expected real return on the GPFG
18
Constant 2016 prices. In billions of NOK. 2001 – 2016
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016
Structural non-oil deficit
4 percent real return Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)
Source: Ministry of Finance
Index of household consumption of goods
19
Seasonally adjusted volume index. January 2012 – September 2015
Source: Statistics Norway
115 120 125 130 135
115 120 125 130 135
2012 2013 2014 2015
House prices
20
Percent. January 2011 – September 2015
Sources: Eiendom Norge, Finn.no and Eiendomsverdi
-5 0 5 10 15
-1 0 1 2 3
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Seasonally adjusted monthly change (l.h.s.) Twelve-month change (r.h.s.)
Norges Bank’s survey of bank lending
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4
Credit standards
21
Credit demand and change in credit standards.
1)Net percentage balances
2)Non-financial enterprises Households
1) Negative net percentage balances denote tighter credit standards.
2) Net percentage balances are calculated by weighting together the responses in the survey. The blue bars show reported developments for the relevant quarter. The red diamonds show expected
developments for that quarter.
Source: Norges Bank Total demand
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4
Credit standards Total demand
CPI-ATE. Total and by supplier sector
22
Twelve-month change. Percent. January 2012 – December 2015
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
2012 2013 2014 2015
Imported consumer goods
Domestically produced goods and services CPI-ATE
Projections MPR 3/15
Projections for the key policy rate in MPR 3/15
23
Percent. 2008 Q1 – 2018 Q4
Source: Norges Bank
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
30%
50%
70%
90%
EXECUTIVE BOARD
4 NOVEMBER 2015