Produksjonsgapet er en oppsummering og tallfesting av kapasitetsutnyttingen i økonomien. Norges Banks anslag på produksjonsgapet tar utgangspunkt i en trendberegning (HP-filter) av BNP for Fastlands-Norge. Slike trendberegninger er i sin natur særlig usikre mot slutten av perioden vi har...

The output gap quantifies aggregate capacity utilisation in the economy. Norges Bank's output gap assessment starts with a trend calculation (HP filter) of mainland GDP. Such trend estimates are inherently subject to uncertainty, particularly towards the end of the sample period. We therefore...

Based on sectoral National accounts data and estimates of the implicit rental rate of capital, we calculate price mark-ups for 42 Norwegian industries for the period 1980-2019. The results indicate a broad-based increase in mark-ups over the sample period, with an average increase of roughly 20...

This paper documents the suite of models used by Norges Bank to estimate the output gap. The models are estimated using data on GDP, unemployment, inflation, wages, investment, house prices and credit. We evaluate the estimated output gap series in terms of its forecasting properties, its...

In this paper, we perform a statistical analysis of the forecasting properties of Norges Bank's macroeconomic forecasts in the period 1998 - 2019. As a part of the analysis we assess Norges Bank's forecasts against similar forecasts by Statistics Norway and forecasts from simple models. The...

In this paper, we perform a statistical analysis of the forecasting properties of Norges Bank's macroeconomic forecasts in the period 1998 - 2019. As a part of the analysis we assess Norges Bank's forecasts against similar forecasts by Statistics Norway and forecasts from simple models. The...