Bank of Iceland
October 1, 2014
The seven-day Icelandic collateralized lending rate was left unchanged as expected at 6.0%, its level since a 25-basis point hike in November 2012 culminated 175 basis points of tightening begun in August 2011. A statement from the Monetary Policy Committee observes that economic growth slowed in the first half of 2014 but remains consistent with official expectations. The statement notes that inflation of 1.8% now has been lower than target for the past eight months. However, long-term price expectations remain a bit above target. Monetary conditions have lately been tighter than envisaged, and the central bank has done some foreign exchange intervention to stem the extent of krona appreciation.
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