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1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Norges Bank 1816-2016 -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Norges Bank 1816-2016 -- The Parliament's Bank -- Master in Its Own House-and That of Others -- The Government's Bank -- A Central Bank in an Open Parvenu State -- 1: A Bank of Issue Forged in Silver and Tears -- The Chaotic Monetary System -- Models and Inspirations -- Fear of Speculation and 'Jew-houses' -- The Decision to Create Norges Bank is Taken -- The Silver Fund, the Crisis, and Union Politics -- Timetable Abandoned -- Conclusion |
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2: A Bank with a Divided Mandate -- A Regional Bank in a Regional Nation -- Conversion at Par Becomes a Distant Goal -- Criticism of the Failure to Achieve Parity -- Norges Bank as Mortgage Bank -- A Conclusion of the Road to Parity -- 3: A Relieved Norges Bank -- The Government and the Bank of Issue -- More Banks -- Norges Bank in the Shadow of the February Revolution -- Commercial Banks Emerge -- 1857: Bad News Travels Fast -- Conclusion -- 4: Gold and Coins in the Age of Standardization -- Norges Bank and Silver in the International System -- Gold and Universal Coin |
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Towards a Distinctive Scandinavian System -- The Coin Issue and Politics -- The Coinage Union -- The Global Gold Standard -- Norges Bank in the International System -- 5: A Bankers' Bank -- Gold Reserves and Note Reserves in an Expanding State -- Legislative Work in a Period Marked by Political Party Conflict -- The Liberal Party Tightens its Grip on Government and Norges Bank -- A Central Bank? -- The Act of 1892 -- Employment Requires Professional Expertise -- The Kristiania Boom and Norges Bank's Foot Dragging -- Liquidity Support and Bank Rescue Plans -- The New Central Bank |
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6: Blurring the Borders: The Bank During the First World War -- Panic and Central Bank Independence -- Into the Government's Fold -- Easy Money and a Difficult Balancing Act -- Failed Attempts at Retrenchment -- When the Party is Over -- 7: The Pyrrhic Victories of the 1920s -- Rationale for Parity -- Contraction and Crises in Business and Banking -- The Collapse of the Banking Sector -- Back on the Road to Pre-War Parity -- Threat from the Labour Party -- Parity Policy's Rescue and the Organization Securitas -- Fall of the Labour Party Government and Fulfilment of the Parity Policy Goal |
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A Victory More Costly than Pyrrhus' -- 8: The 1930s Crisis: Collapse and Zenith -- Gold is Abandoned -- Rescue Operation for DnC and Bergen Privatbank -- On an Autonomous Course -- Into the Sterling Block -- Rygg, His Resources and Network -- The Nygaardsvold Government and Norges Bank -- 9: Occupation and Loss of Autonomy -- The Coming of War -- Financing the German Occupation -- The Occupation Account in Practice -- Ræstad and Keilhau -- A Tightening of the Reins -- Norges Bank and the Bretton Woods System -- A New Era -- New Exchange Rate and Monetary Reform -- The Recovery that Never Was |
| Summary |
Norges Bank has been an integrated part of Norwegian economic development since the complicated birth of the new nation-state after the Napoleonic wars. This book traces its 200-year history, focusing on its relations with political institutions that have shaped and reshaped the bank's role since its establishment in 1816 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Conclusion |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Norges bank -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Norges bank fast |
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Norges Bank gnd |
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Banks and banking, Central -- Norway -- History
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Banks and banking, Central
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Norway
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kobberrød, Jan Thomas, 1973- author.
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Rongved, Gjermund Forfang, 1980- author.
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Thomassen, Eivind, 1986- author.
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| ISBN |
9780192603869 |
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0192603868 |
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9780192603876 |
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0192603876 |
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9780191892387 |
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0191892386 |
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