Economic policy.

The article offers information on the May 2008 review of the economic policy of Norway. The central bank of Norway, Norges Bank increased interest rates to 5.5% at its Executive Board meeting on April 23, 2008, suggesting that it continues to attach greater weight to the risk of inflation than to the threat of economic slowdown. Bjarne Hakon Hanssen, Norway's labour and social affairs minister, presented a white paper before the parliament on April 18, 2008, to relax rules for immigrant workers.