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The Norges Bank kept rates unchanged, alongside expectations, at 0%.
- The bank steepened their rate path projections in response to higher oil prices and a smoother-than-expected rollout of the vaccine programme
- First rate hike now fully priced for December 2021, but possibility of hike as soon as September
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The new Norges Bank rate path projections were slightly more hawkish than expected, but broadly inline with market consensus. The first rate hike is now fully priced for December (brought forward by around a quarter from the December MPR) and there is now a possibility of a rate hike as early as September.
Two further full rate hikes are now priced into 2022 and the terminal rate was nudged higher toward 1.5% out to the end of the forecast horizon, which now includes 2024.
Figure 1: March 2021 rate path steepened from December MPR
Source: MNI/Norges Bank
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Why MNI
MNI is the leading provider
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