Oil Plunge May Draw Norway Stimulus as PM Meets Central Bank
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Norway may be close to unveiling a stimulus package designed to shield western Europe’s biggest oil exporter from plunging crude prices.
Speculation an announcement is pending follows an emergency meeting that Prime Minister Erna Solberg has convened with central bank Governor Oeystein Olsen tomorrow morning to discuss the country’s response to lower oil prices. Finance Minister Siv Jensen will also be present, according to an e-mailed statement from the prime minister’s office.