The Basis for Wage Settlements in 2019 Preliminary Report
(WorldNews Norway)

Press release from the Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements: Preliminary Report 2019. The report outlines recent years` developments in pay, incomes, prices, macroeconomic development and competitiveness. The Calculation Committee also presents a forecast of consumer price growth from 2018 to 2019 and briefly describes prospects for the international economy and the Norwegian economy. The report is based partly on preliminary statistics and estimates for 2018. The report will therefore be updated in March. The Calculation Committee`s preliminary estimate of average pay growth from 2017 to 2018 is 2¾ per cent for blue collar employees and 2¾ per cent for white collar...