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Bank Raises Rates as Expected, Name Checks December as Next Hike

NORGES BANK

Norges Bank raise rates by 25bps to 0.25%, exiting their emergency pandemic policy stance. While the rate hike was expected, the bank also name-checked December as the next likely month to see a raise in rates, and also steepened the longer-end of the rate path projections - boosting the terminal rate to 1.68% from 1.56%.

Key takeaways from the policy statement:
  • Capacity utilisation appears to be close to a normal level
  • Increased activity and rising wage growth will help push inflation up towards the inflation target of 2 percent
  • The policy rate will most likely be raised further in December

Policy assessment here: https://www.norges-bank.no/en/topics/Monetary-poli...


New Norges Bank rate path:

Source: MNI/Norges Bank

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