EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
24 OCTOBER 2018
BASED ON INFORMATION IN THE PERIOD TO 22 OCTOBER 2018
Monetary Policy Report 3/18, overall picture
-1 0 1 2 3
-1 0 1 2 3
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
2 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
85 90 95 100 105 110
85 90 95 100 105 110
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Output gap Key policy rate
Inflation (CPI-ATE) Exchange rate index (I-44)
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
3 45 50 55 60
45 50 55 60
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Manufacturing PMI Services PMI
Manufacturing and services PMI. 25 main trading partners. Export weights. January 2010 – September 2018
Source: Thomson Reuters
PMI for Norway’s trading partners
Global growth
Sources: IMF and Norges Bank 4
Historical average and projections from the IMF. Percent. 2016 – 2019
3.9
3.7
3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4
3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4
2016 2017 2018-19
World Economic Outlook, April World Economic Outlook, October Average 2009 - 2017
Inflation for selected trading partners
5
Twelve-month change. Percent. January 2010 – September 2018
Core inflation Headline CPI
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 US
Euro area UK
Sweden
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 US
Euro area UK
Sweden
Source: Thomson Reuters
Policy rates
6
Policy rates and estimated forward rates
1). Percent. January 2011 – December 2021
1) Forward rates are based on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) rates. Daily data through 22 October 2018.
Quarterly data from 2019 Q1.
Sources: Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
US UK
Euro area Sweden 22 October MPR 3/18
Three-month money market rates for Norway’s trading partners
7
Percent. 2012 Q1 – 2021 Q4
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
MPR 3/18 22 October
Global equity markets
8
Index. 1 January 2016 = 100. 1 January 2016 – 22 October 2018
60 80 100 120 140 160 180
60 80 100 120 140 160 180
2016 2017 2018
Emerging economies US
China Europe UK
MPR 3/18
Sources: Bloomberg and Norges Bank
Crude oil spot and futures prices
9
USD/barrel. Daily data. January 2010 – December 2021
1)1) Futures prices are the average of futures prices for the period 16 October – 22 October 2018 (yellow broken line) and the period 10 September – 14 September 2018 (blue broke line).
Sources: Thomson Reuters and Norges Bank
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Spot prices Futures prices
Futures prices MPR 3/18
MPR 3/18
10
2 January 2014 – 22 October 2018. Projection to 2018 Q4
Import-weighted exchange rate index (I-44)
Source: Norges Bank
90
95
100
105
110 90
95
100
105
110
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
I-44
Projection MPR 3/18 Average to date 2018 Q4
MPR 3/18
Stronger NOK
Three-month money market premium
11
Percentage points. 1 January 2016 – 22 October 2018. Projection to 2018 Q4
Source: Norges Bank
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Jan-16 Jul-16 Jan-17 Jul-17 Jan-18 Jul-18
Norwegian money market premium Projection MPR 3/18
Average to date 2018 Q4
MPR 3/18
Lending rates
12
Change from previous quarter
1). 2018 Q2 – 2018 Q4
1) 2/1 = Up a lot/a little, 0 = Approx. unchanged, -1/-2 = Down a little/a lot.
Source: Norges Bank’s Survey of Bank Lending
-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4
-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
Reported developments Expected developments
Households Non-financial enterprises
GDP mainland Norway
13
Monthly and three-month growth. Seasonally adjusted. Percent.
February 2016 – August 2018
Source: Statistics Norway
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
Feb-16 Aug-16 Feb-17 Aug-17 Feb-18 Aug-18
Monthly growth (l.h.s) Three-month growth (r.h.s)
Source: Statistics Norway 14
-2 -1 0 1 2
-2 -1 0 1 2
Jun-16 Dec-16 Jun-17 Dec-17 Jun-18
Total consumption Services consumption Goods consumption
Private consumption for households and non-profit organisations.
Three-month growth. Seasonally adjusted. Percent. June 2016 – August 2018
Private consumption
Business tendency survey for manufacturing, mining and quarrying
15
Expected output growth. Seasonally adjusted diffusion index.
1990 Q1 – 2018 Q3
Source: Statistics Norway
30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 Mining and quarrying
Average since 1990
House prices
16
Percent. January 2015 – September 2018
Sources: Eiendomsverdi, Finn.no and Real Estate Norway
2015 2016 2017 2018
-10 -5 0 5 10 15
-2 -1 0 1 2 3
Seasonally adjusted monthly change (l.h.s.) Twelve-month change (r.h.s.)
Fiscal policy
17
Structural non-oil deficit and 3% of the GPFG
1). Share of trend GDP for mainland Norway. Percent. 2008 – 2021
2)1) Global Pension Fund Global.
2) Projections for 2018 – 2021 (broken line and shaded bars).
Sources: Ministry of Finance and Norges Bank
0 2 4 6 8 10
0 2 4 6 8 10
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Structural non-oil deficit National Budget 2019 MPR 3/18
3% of the GPFG in NB19
Unemployment
18
As a percentage of the labour force. Seasonally adjusted.
January 2012 – September/July 2018. Projections to December/October 2018
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NAV unemployment LFS unemployment Projections MPR 3/18
Sources: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and Statistics Norway
Inflation
19
Twelve-month change. Percent. January 2012 – September 2018.
Projections to December 2018
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
CPI CPI-ATE
Projections MPR 3/18
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
SAM 1) forecasts for the CPI-ATE
20 1) System for Averaging short-term Models.
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
Four-quarter change. Percent. 2014 Q1 – 2018 Q2. Projections to 2018 Q4
0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
CPI-ATE
Projection MPR 3/18 SAM MPR 3/18 SAM 19 October
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
24 OCTOBER 2018
BASED ON INFORMATION IN THE PERIOD TO 22 OCTOBER 2018