Norges Bank 1 Economic perspectives Charts Address by Governor Svein Gjedrem at the meeting of the Supervisory Council of Norges Bank on Thursday, 15 February 2007
Mar 31, 2015
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Economic perspectives
Charts
Address by Governor Svein Gjedrem at the meeting of the Supervisory Council of Norges
Bank on Thursday, 15 February 2007
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Chart 1 Mainland GDPAnnual growth. Per cent
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2
4
6
1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
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2
4
6
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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100
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200
1830 1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990
50
100
150
200
Chart 2 Terms of tradeIndex. 2000=100
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Chart 3 Foreign workers on assignments in Norway
0
10 000
20 000
30 000
40 000
50 000
60 000
2003 2004 2005 2006
0
10 000
20 000
30 000
40 000
50 000
60 000New EU countriesEU15 excl. Nordic countriesNordic countries
Source: Central Office - Foreign Tax Affairs
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Chart 4 Productivity growth in the business sectorPer cent
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0
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6
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
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Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Chart 5 Short-term real interest ratePer cent
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7
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 20060
1
2
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7
Interval for neutral real interest rate
Source: Norges Bank
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Chart 6 Capacity utilisation in manufacturing Per cent
70
75
80
85
90
1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003
70
75
80
85
90
Source: Statistics Norway
Average
2006
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-1
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1
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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Chart 7 Inflation and capacity utilisation Per cent
Inflation
Capacity utilisation
Projections
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
0
1
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Chart 8 Registered unemploymentPer cent
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV)
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Chart 9 Norges Bank's key rate1)
Per cent
0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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1
2
3
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Source: Norges Bank1) Projections from Inflation Report 3/06
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Chart 10 Inflation Moving 10-year average. Per cent
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Inflation target
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Chart 11 Periods of rising house prices Number of years and total percentage increase. 1819-2006
0 50 100 150 200
1865-1878
1890-1898
1922-1933
1955-1972
1977-1987
1993-2006
11 years
14 years
14 years
9 years
12 years
18 years
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Chart 12 Total increase in real house prices At end-2005. Per cent
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
UK
Denmark
Spain
Sweden
France
New Zealand
US
Italy
Canada
Finland
Sources: Paul van den Noord (2006) OECD, Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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Chart 13 House prices and disposable income Annual change. Average 1999 -2005
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5
10
15
0 1 2 3 4
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5
10
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Real disposable income
Rea
l hou
se p
rices
Germany
UK
US
FranceSpain
Norway
Japan
Sweden
Australia
Sources: OECD, Reuters EcoWin, Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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-10
-5
0
5
10
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
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-10
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5
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Saving
Net lending
Chart 14 Household saving and net lendingPercentage of disposable income
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007
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8
10
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Chart 15 Long-term interest ratesPer cent
Source: Reuters EcoWin
US
Norway
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Chart 16 Population structure
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
2000 2002 2004 2006
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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76
77
78
79
2000 2002 2004 2006
Number of households Growth
Numbers in densely populated areasPer cent of total population
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Chart 17 Household debtPercentage of disposable income
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50
100
150
200
250
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
0
50
100
150
200
250
Sources: OECD, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Sveriges Riksbank, Danmarks Nationalbank, BIS and Norges Bank
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
UK
Sweden
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Chart 18 House prices in NorwayReal rise and fluctuations. Per cent
0
2
4
6
8
10
1944-2006 1993-2006
0
2
4
6
8
10
Real rise
Fluctuations
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
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2003 2004 2005 2006
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Chart 19 Actual and simulated house priceIn thousands of NOK per square meter
Actual house price
Simulated house price
Sources: Norges Eiendomsmeglerforbund, Eiendomsmeglerforetakenes forening, FINN.no, ECON og Norges Bank
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-60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0
1879-1880
1899-1905
1915-1921
1934-1944
1973-1976
1988-1992
Chart 20 Periods of falling house prices Number of years and total percentage decline. 1819-2006
Sources: Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
7 years
4 years
2 years
7 years
5 years
11 years
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0
1
2
3
4
1975-1994 1995-2005
0
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Nordic countries EU15 excl. Nordic countries US
Chart 21 GDPAverage growth. Per cent
Sources: Groningen Growth and Development Centre and Norges Bank
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Chart 22 Productivity growthPer cent
0
1
2
3
4
5
1970 1980 1990 2000
Services and retail trade
Sources: OECD, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, Statistics Norway and Norges Bank
Mainland Norway, total
0
1
2
3
4
5
Finland Norway SwedenDenmark EU15excl.
Nordiccountries
Norway Nordic countries and EU15Average 1995 -2005
Total
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0
5
10
15
1970 1980 1990 2000
0
5
10
15
1970 1980 1990 2000
Nordic countries
EU15
Nordic countries
EU15
Inflation Unemployment
Sources: Reuters EcoWin, OECD and Norges Bank
Chart 23 Inflation and unemployment Per cent
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Changes in the economic system
1. Division of responsibility in economic policy
2. Trade policy
3. Tax system
3. Financial and credit markets
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Monetary policy Price stability
Fiscal policy Krone exchange rate
Wage formation, structures and incentives
Employment and growth
1. Division of responsibility in economic policy
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Chart 24 Start ups in the service sectorPer cent of existing enterprises. Average 1998 -2001
0 5 10 15
Sweden
Finland
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
UK
Source: Eurostat
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20
40
60
80
100
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
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20
40
60
80
100
Norway
EU15
Sources: OECD and Norges Bank
Chart 25 Female labour force participationPer cent
Nordic countries
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Chart 26 Persons on benefit and early retirement schemes
Number of persons. 1995 – 2005
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV)
Sickness benefits
Early retirement schemes
Rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation
Disability schemes
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Chart 27 CO2 emissionsIn billions of tonnes
0
2
4
6
8
10
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
0
2
4
6
8
10
North America
Eurasia
Asia and Oceania
Europe
Source: Energy Administration Information (EIA)
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Chart 28 Global mean temperatureTrend and deviation from average 1951 – 1980, ºC
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-0.4
-0.2
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0.2
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0.6
0.8
1880 1895 1910 1925 1940 1955 1970 1985 2000
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-0.4
-0.2
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Source: NASA – Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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