Norway Tests Bond Markets as Eksportfinans Drives Funding Need

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Norway is planning to step up its issuance of government bonds after disrupting credit markets as far as Japan with an uncoordinated decision last month to wind down state-backed Eksportfinans ASA. The government wants to find an extra 40 billion kroner ($6.9 billion) next year to fund direct loans to exporters, [...]