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  • Small increase in the CPI

    The CPI rose 0.2 per cent from April to May, mainly due to increased food prices. The year-to-year growth in the CPI was 2.1 per cent in May, while the CPI-ATE rose 1.6 per cent the last twelve months. 

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  • HICP up 0.3 per cent from last month

    The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway increased by 0.3 per cent from April to May. The year-to-year growth was 2.2 in May, down 0.1 percentage points since April.

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  • Stable household consumption of goods

    Household consumption of goods rose 0.1 per cent from March to April 2017, according to seasonally adjusted figures. There was a decrease in purchases of vehicles and petrol, while the consumption of other goods was higher in April than in the mon...

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  • Continued small increase in retail sales

    The seasonally-adjusted volume index of retail sales increased by 0.2 per cent from March to April 2017. This follows an increase of 0.1 per cent from February to March this year.

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  • HICP up 0.1 per cent from last month

    The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) for Norway was 105.5 (2015=100) in April, up 0.1 per cent from March. The year-to-year growth was 2.3 in April, down 0.2 percentage points since March.

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  • Wages and remuneration up 2.3 per cent

    Preliminary figures from tax assessments show that employers paid a total of NOK 1 222 billion in wages and remuneration in 2016. This is 27 NOK billion, or 2.3 per cent more than the previous year.

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  • Agricultural incomes up 10 per cent

    On average, entrepreneurial income from agriculture for farmers amounted to NOK 192 000 in 2015. This represents an increase of NOK 18 000, or 10 per cent, from the previous year. The gross income averaged NOK 642 000. Entrepreneurial income from ...

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  • 6 in 10 men self-supporting after 8 years

    Statistical analysis 2017

    The incomes of refugees who came to Norway in 2000 have increased in line with their length of residence, but this trend has gradually come to a halt, especially among men. This article was first published in Norwegian, in Statistics Norway’s jour...

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  • Weaker income growth among Norwegian households

    Norwegian households generally had a weak growth in income from 2014 to 2015. While some households experienced a rise in household income, others experienced a decline in income. Even in the two previous years households experienced a slow income...

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  • Small growth in entrepreneurial income

    Entrepreneurial income for the self-employed amounted to NOK 249 000 on average in 2015. This is an increase of NOK 5 000, or 2 per cent.

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  • Income mobility among households with children: 2007 - 2014

    Reports 2016/35

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  • NOK 466 billion in assessed taxes

    In 2015, the total assessed taxes amounted to NOK 466 billion for residents aged 17 years and older. This was an increase of 7.4 per cent from 2013. 

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  • The economic welfare of low-income households 2016

    Reports 2016/30

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  • Decomposition of growth in real disposable income

    Documents 2016/26

    In the course of the past 45 years, Norway has gone from being a moderately prosperous country to one of the wealthiest countries in the world at the end of the first decade of this Century.

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  • An investigation of the Norwegian consumption

    Documents 2016/20

    Since the financial crisis, Norwegian private consumption has fallen as a share of household disposable income. This weak development in consumption was not predicted by the contemporaneous consumption models and led to a “structural breakdown” of...

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