Editorial
Summary
1. International developments and Norwegian securities markets 1.1 International developments 1.2 International banking industry 1.3 International securities markets 1.4 Securities market in Norway
Boxes: - Derivatives markets are expanding - Use of a central counterparty in the settlement of financial instruments
2. Macroeconomic developments, households and enterprise 2.1 Developments in the Norwegian economy 2.2 Households 2.3 Enterprises
Boxes: - Is there a connection between house prices and banking crises? - Relationship between the results of companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and of the Norwegian enterprise sector as a whole - How do enterprises hedge against exchange rate fluctuations?
3. Financial institutions 3.1 Banks' results and financial strength 3.2 Risk outlook for banks 3.3 Other financial institutions 3.4 Developments in the largest financial conglomerates 3.5 Overall assessment of financial institution
Boxes: - Risk associated with loans to small enterprises and the new capital adequacy framework - Norges Bank's role in the event of liquidity crises in the financial sector
Annex 1: Statistics
Annex 2: Other published material on financial stability at Norges Bank
The cut-off date for this report was 23 November 2004
Financial Stability 2/2004 as a .pdf-file
Charts in PowerPoint. (Store the file, call it up in PowerPoint, and then double-click on individual charts in order to gain access to the underlying data.)
Tables in Excel-format