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Slight rise in mainland GDP in July
GDP for Mainland-Norway rose 1.1 per cent in July, according to seasonally adjusted national accounts figures. Despite growth over the past three months, activity levels were still 4.7 per cent lower in July than in February.
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Efficient spatial allocation of wind power plants given environmental externalities due to turbines and grids
Discussion Papers no. 938
Negative environmental externalities associated with wind power plants depend on the physical characteristics of turbine installations and associated power lines and the geographical siting.
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Balance of income and current transfers create current account surplus
Balance of income and current transfers were measured at almost NOK 28 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2020. Both income from- and expenditures to the Rest of the world (ROW) are reduced significantly, with the expenditure falling the most. The curr...
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The decline in the Norwegian economy in the second quarter was the deepest ever recorded
Seasonally adjusted figures from the national accounts show that Mainland Norway's GDP rose 3.7 per cent in June, after 2.2 per cent growth in May. The level of activity was still just under 6 per cent lower in June than in February, due to large ...
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Work less but stay longer - Mature workerresponse to a flexibility reform
Discussion Papers no. 937
Reducing the eligibility age for pension benefits is considered by many as a policy that will discourage labor supply by mature workers. This paper analyzes a recent Norwegian pension reform which effectively lowered the eligibility age of retirem...
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Unchanged PPI from June to July
The total PPI was unchanged from June to July 2020. Price increases in refined petroleum products and crude oil evened out the downturn in other groups within energy goods and manufacturing industries.
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Downturn continues in manufacturing
Norwegian industrial managers report a further downturn in the total production volume in the second quarter of the year. Major uncertainty related to the coronary pandemic contributes to the general outlook for the third quarter of 2020 is charac...
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Continued downturn in PPI
The producer price index (PPI) fell in June for the sixth month in a row. The downturn came both outside and inside the energy goods.
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Increase in Mainland GDP in May
Mainland Norway's GDP rose 2.4 per cent from April to May, adjusted for normal seasonal fluctuations. The growth came after two months of sharp decline following the outbreak of the Corona pandemic and subsequent infection control measures. Despit...
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Capturing Key Energy and Emission Trends in CGE models
Discussion Papers no. 936
Limiting global warming in line with the goals in the Paris Agreement will require substantial technological and behavioural transformations.
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Who and how many can work from home in Norway?
Discussion Papers no. 935
The COVID-19 crisis has forced great societal changes, including forcing many to work remotely (work from home) in an effort to increase social distancing.
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Predicting the exchange rate path
Discussion Papers no. 934
Central banks, private banks, statistical agencies and international organizations such as the IMF and OECD typically use information about the exchange rate some weeks before the publication date as the basis for their exchange rate forecasts.
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Economic Survey 1-2020
The outlook for the Norwegian economy has changed completely within a short space of time. The outbreak of the coronavirus and subsequent infection control measures have caused an enormous slowdown in the Norwegian economy since mid-March.
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Acceptance of national wind power development and exposure
Discussion Papers no. 933
Despite a large stated-preference literature on wind power externalities, few SP studies employ a case-control approach to examine whether people´s acceptance of new wind power developments increases or decreases with exposure to and familiarity w...
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Continued drop in PPI
Heavy price falls on natural gas and refined petroleum products lead to a decrease of 2.7 percent in the producer price index for May. This comes despite a solid increase in prices on crude oil this month.
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