Charts used in connection with the Executive Board's monetary policy meeting on 17 September 2003
A number of charts are presented at the Executive Board's monetary policy meetings. The charts and their presentation are an important part of the basis for the Executive Board's interest rate decisions. Norges Bank wishes to provide greater transparency in connection with the interest rate decisions by publishing these charts on the Bank's website. Most of the charts are based on data that have already been released. Some of the charts, 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. These types of charts are not published. When considering the international picture, the Executive Board does not analyse all countries in depth at every meeting, but all areas are covered in the course of the year. The Executive Board's overall assessment of the economic situation is presented in the introduction to the press conference after the monetary policy meeting. There will be no comments regarding individual charts.
The charts will be published at 2 pm the day after the monetary policy meeting.
International economy (201 kB)
Financial markets (323 kB)
Demand and output (78 kB)
The labour market (69 kB)
Prices (78 kB)
The charts have not been subject to the same thorough quality control as the charts and tables in the Inflation Report. Norges Bank accepts no responsibility for the use of information that is made available on Norges Bank's website or on sites to which reference is made. Norges Bank shall not be liable for any direct or indirect losses or damage that might arise as a result of such information being incorrect, incomplete or misleading.