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Wolden-Bache Stresses Need For Trust in Policymaking at Annual Address

NORGES BANK
  • Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache gives her annual address, warning that easing policy too soon could weaken confidence in the central bank’s ability to tackle inflation and entail costs that may be “substantial.”
  • Annual address titled 'Economic perspectives' found here: https://www.norges-bank.no/en/news-events/news-pub...
  • Little market-moving in the annual address - with institutional and political trust a key focus - evident in her focus on the need to uphold confidence in the Norges Bank inflation target.
  • On rates specifically, she flags that the Norges Bank policy rate can't deviate substantially from foreign rates over time - the bank's model-based policy approach is a key tenet for this view - and comes as no surprise for markets.
  • Other economic observations are inline with the most recent policy statement: Inflation is coming down, inflation expectations are stable, but must be prepared for a higher net level of unemployment.

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