Economic commentaries

Graph: Demand from the oil and gas sector and government spending of oil/gas revenues It has been estimated that one in nine jobs in the Norwegian economy was related to oil

The current cost level in the Norwegian business sector is adapted to an expansion of the petroleum sector and a steady phasing-in of petroleum revenues into the mainland economy.

Through a strengthened commitment to the oil and gas sector, these operations will contribute substantial value in future to the Norwegian com- munity in the form of

March 2009 Chart 5 Spread in government bond yields between euro-area Chart 5 Spread in government bond yields between euro area countries and Germany (horizontal axis)

Sources: Association of Norwegian Real Estate Agents, ECON Pöyry, Finn.no, Association of Real Estate Agency Firms and Norges Bank.. Historical figures and stress scenario FS

Since 2000, the Norwegian corporate bond market has been transformed from a small market dominated by utility enterprises 1 into a market characterised by

Interest-bearing debt includes, among other things, amounts owed to banks, bonds and export financing guaranteed by the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK), for

Owing to higher credit risk weights, Norwegian banks must hold more capital than large Nordic banks to support their corporate loans, despite lower buffer requirements (Chart