FAQ

• About Norges Bank
  What Norges Bank does and how we are organised
• Banking services
  Opening of an account and import of money. Bank holidays
• Collateral for loans
  Banks have access to loans and deposits in Norges Bank. Norges Bank extends loans against collateral in the form of securities.
• Exchange rates and foreign reserves
  When are the exchange rates published and where to find the figures? Information on the foreign reserves
• Financial turbulence
  What steps has been taken by Norges Bank?
• Gold reserves
  The amount of the gold reserves, buying and selling gold and gold prices
• Government Pension Fund Global (www.nbim.no)
  Size, return, strategy, regulations and ethical guidelines
• Monetary policy, inflation and interest rates
  The key rate, consumer price index, inflation, interest rate decisions and monetary policy strategy
• Notes and coins
  Withdrawn notes and coins, value of older notes and coins and counterfeit banknotes

Statistics

Norges Bank publishes statistical information on:

• Interest rates (key rate, NIBOR, Treasury bills and government bonds)
• Exchange rates
• Foreign exchange transactions
• Money market liquidity
• Historical monetary statistics

The activities of Norges Bank’s Statistics Department have been transferred to Statistics Norway (SSB), with effect from 1 January 2007. Some of the statistical information previously published by Norges Bank is published on Statistics Norway’s website.