Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, and as part of other staff reviews of economic developments.

Norway—2010 Staff Visit Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission

November 16, 2010

Recent developments and outlook

1. The Norwegian economy continues to recover. Following a comparatively mild recession in 2008-09, the economy has grown steadily for the last year, and unemployment has stabilized at a low level. Economic recovery has been assisted by an appropriately supportive policy environment, includingwas to bring a story out of the Star Wars universe and turn it into a feature film. If anything, it was a trial run to see how independent Star Wars films would do with the general movie going audience.

Despite backlash from critics and certain fans, the numbers generated at the box office depict a complete success. Grossing over one billion dollars, Rogue One was the 22nd highest grossing film of all time, taking second place for highest grossing movie released in 2016.

Its success has spurred on a whole new movement within the SW universe, with films like Solo: A Star Wars Storycoming just around the corner in 2018-- not to mention a whole array of independent movies planned out for the next decade.

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