| Tired of having its economy whipsawed by big swings in oil prices, Norway in 1996 pened a rainy-day fund to save oil earnings for future generations and cushion the government's budget from volatility in crude prices. Today the Government Pension Fund Global, as its called, is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with $870 billion in assets.
Its massive size can easily offset the fiscal hit from the recent drop in global oil prices or help prevent "Dutch disease" - the tendency of natural-resource revenues to strengthen local currencies and weaken economic competitiveness- should oil prices rebound...............................................Full Article: Source
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