Real-time data for Norway: Challenges for monetary policy

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-349

  Bernhardsen, Tom ^a   Eitrheim, Øyvind ^a   Jore, Anne Sofie ^a   Røisland, Øistein ^a  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Interest rate rules; Monetary policy; Output gap; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645093443     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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