Background material (charts) used at the Executive Board's monetary policy meetings 11 December 2002 - 26 May 2004
The members of the Executive Board are sent charts about the international and Norwegian economy before the monetary policy meeting. The charts provide important background data for the Executive Board's interest rate decisions.
Most of the charts are based on data that have already been publicly disclosed. Some, however, contain data or assessments that have not been published. This applies to forecasts from the OECD and the IMF before they are published, wage growth estimates for various groups based on confidential information from employers or employee organisations, data from specific enterprises or new, preliminary analyses from Norges Bank. This type of chart is not published.
With effect from 1 July 2004 it has been decided that these charts will no longer be published. Reference is made to the charts that the Executive Board reviews at the monetary policy meeting, and which are published at 2 pm together with the press release on the monetary policy decision.