Norway

Morgenrapport Norge — May 14, 2012

Knut Anton Mork, Chief Economist Norway | knmo01@handelsbanken.se

Fast Comment Norway — Norges Bank on hold as widely expected

  1. Key policy rate unchanged at 1.5 percent
  2. No new signals about the interest rate path ahead
  3. We maintain our forecast that the first interest rate hike will come in March 2013

Ida Wolden Bache, Economist | idba01@handelsbanken.se

Fast Comment Norway — Core inflation lower than expected at 0.7% y-o-y in April

  1. Core inflation lower than expected at 0.7% y-o-y in April
  2. Price growth in line with Norges Bank
  3. Key policy rate on hold today at 1.5%

Kari Due-Andresen, Economist | kadu01@handelsbanken.se