Norway to boost government bond issues to pay for coronavirus lending
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's central bank has increased its planned issuance of government bonds this year to between 70 billion and 85 billion Norwegian crowns (5.39 billion pounds-6.54 billion pounds) from an original plan of 55 billion crowns, it said on Monday.The unusual revision follows the government's decision to offer loans worth tens of billions of crowns in emergency funding to companies hurt by the coronavirus outbreak."In the current situation, there is considerable uncertainty about..