## Norway: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, February 14, 2000_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 14, 2000
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451829662.002

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### Overview
- Publication date: February 14, 2000.
- Executive Directors found Norway's economic performance over the past decade "exemplary," highlighted by strong economic growth and low inflation.
- The report includes the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/07—IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Norway—and a statement by Mr. O.-P. Lehmussaari, Executive Director, on January 28, 2000.

### Key findings
- Norway exhibited strong economic growth and low inflation over the past decade.
- Executive Directors commended the development and emphasized the need to:
  - maintain monetary and fiscal stances;
  - improve efficiency; and
  - improve corporate governance.
- The Solidarity Alternative policy framework was appreciated for:
  - preserving the competitiveness of the non-oil economy, and
  - preserving employment through a combination of incomes policy and prudent management of the country's oil wealth.
- The country's economic statistics were judged adequate for surveillance purposes in their coverage, quality, and timeliness.

### Policy recommendations and priorities
- Maintain prudent monetary and fiscal stances.
- Improve efficiency across the economy.
- Strengthen corporate governance.
- Continue the Solidarity Alternative framework to preserve non-oil competitiveness and employment, combined with prudent management of oil wealth and incomes policy.

### Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Commodities, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Labor, Oil, Pensions, Wages.
- Keywords: consumer price inflation, CR, differential vis-à-vis Germany, electricity price, Europe, Fiscal stance, inflation, inflation report, ISCR, key interest rate, Oil, Pensions, staff appraisal, Wages.

*Source: Norway: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation, IMF Staff Country Reports.*

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