Solberg: Businesses want more of the same – Aftenposten

– We got feedback that much of what we do is good. But they want more of things, says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

To summarize her Wednesday’s meeting she, Finance Minister and some other ministers had with selected managers business and labor. It took place in the Government’s official residence in Parkveien in Oslo.

The Prime Minister had two messages after the meeting:

• Business is pleased with the Government’s policy and want more of it same.
• Elements of Corporations experiencing actually better times and new opportunities, while with the downturn in the oil.

Marked problems

Solberg uses words such as “industries” and “geography” when she describes the state economy.

– There are challenges in industries in Norway, geographical challenges associated with rising unemployment, linked to lower Activity in the business world, she says.

Then comes the other side of the medal.

– But there are also many good stories about businesses that are actually experiencing better times, better access labor, greater opportunities to develop. We’ve got lots of good advice at work, the Government should make the short-term measures but also on the long-term restructuring, says Solberg.

Finance Siv Jensen also experience the business world demands more of the same.

– They ask us actually do more of what we already do and think long term. It is reassuring because it is then both broad consensus reality description, and it’s pretty good consensus that we need to do going forward, she said.

Jobs with the state budget

Solberg says government in dealing with the 2016 budget goes through the demand for more of the same from the Conservatives and the Progress Party.

– We get praised for what we have done on industrial research. The business community would of course also measures relating to tax, they look forward to a tax. It is also underlined from the companies that will have to continue the reduction in wealth tax, for it is among one of the small and medium-sized enterprises are experiencing as a burden.

– You say that some business sectors goes better. Is it up-to-up with the decline in the oil industry?

– As big as the oil industry has been in Norway the last ten years, so it goes not up-to-up in the short term. But there are opportunities for growth in other industries if we improve the framework conditions, particularly within the pharmaceutical industry and the regions. We must make a good ideas lifted until jobs in Norway. There has been poor, says Solberg.

Unchanged unemployment

Solberg stuck on unemployment estimates in the revised national budget. She does allow it to be lower.

– We have no other numbers. We have said there is considerable uncertainty associated with these. Now these are indeed the assessments made before the recent award of contracts for oil field Johan Sverdrup. As was the situation in my home area that businesses really were in danger of having to terminate many. There is now not a fact, now is the employment and growth in these areas, she looks.

The Prime Minister observes that others who predicts the unemployment rate is around 4.1-4.2 percent, measured by Statistics Norway (SSB) method.

The revised national predicts Government 4 percent unemployment this year and 4.1 percent next year, as measured by SSB method. In March, the 4.1 per cent.

The government predicts other words, the unemployment peak has already been reached. Henceforth it will not rise more. Unemployment was 114,000 people and 4.1 per cent in March, which is the last figures from Statistics Norway.

Wednesday la NHO makes projections that are about the same as the Government’s. NHO predicts 4.25 percent vacancy rate as an average for this year and next year.

But behind these average figures there is a further rise by a further 25,000 vacant from March levels to a peak next winter, then a foredring through 2016.

Published: 10.jun. 2015 1:35 p.m.