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The Norges Bank took an unapologetically hawkish stance at December's policy meeting, bringing forward their projections for the first rate hike by around two quarters to June 2022. This took markets somewhat by surprise, with the majority of sell-side analysts seeing only minor tweaks to projections but was inline with our preview (Norges Bank Preview: Swift vaccine rollout, hot housing make the case for a steeper rate path).
Figure 1: December's projections unapologetically hawkish
Source: MNI/Norges Bank
The longer-end of the rate path saw the most considerable shift, with the terminal rate boosted at end-2023 boosted by 36bps to 0.93%. The Norges Bank's more hawkish rate path is an endorsement of the government's vaccination campaign, in which the general population will begin being immunised from the second quarter of this year, thanks to a solid supply deal struck with Sweden. This was acknowledged in the Bank's policy report: "Vaccine availability will likely speed up the recovery through 2021 compared with that projected in the September Report".
Why MNI
MNI is the leading provider
of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.