摘要：During the past few years, Norges Bank has made major changes in its cash operations. These changes havebeen designed to adjust and clarify the division of responsibility between the various parties involved in cashdistribution. Tasks have been allocated in line with this purpose. Norges Bank's overriding consideration hasbeen to adapt the central bank's cash policy so as to increase the efficiency of the payment system. In practice,this involved changes which have been implemented in three stages. 1) discontinuation of commercial services2) changes in terms for banks' cash deposits in and withdrawals from Norges Bank and 3) changes in thedepot structure and introduction of compensation in the form of interest for cash held in banks' own depots.The result of these changes is that the central bank has assumed a more clearly defined role as wholesaler andbanks have taken more responsibility for the redistribution of cash amongst themselves. Moreover, Norges Bank has assessed the organisation of the services and tasks for which the central bankis responsible. The practical consequence of these assessments is that Norges Bank's cash operations arebased largely on outsourcing
