We investigate the reliability of the 'Furfine filter' often used to identify interbank loans and interest rates from interbank payments settled at central banks. To this end, we have been granted access to records of all unsecured overnight interbank loans during a month from the banks that...

This paper addresses the lack of reliable information about overnight interest rates in the Norwegian interbank market. We infer actual interest rates from interbank transactions recorded in the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system of Norges Bank over the period October 2006 - November 2010....

Flere studier viser at endringer i rentedifferansen mot utlandet påvirker kronekursen. Det er vanlig å måle rentedifferansen mot utlandet med forskjellen i pengemarkedsrenter på tvers av land. Pengemarkedsrenter kan dekomponeres i forventede styringsrenter og pengemarkedspåslag. Jeg...

We characterise the behaviour of Norwegian output, the real exchange rate and real money balances over a period of almost two centuries. The empirical analysis is based on a new annual data set that has recently been compiled and covers the period 1830{2003. We apply multivariate linear and...