Sedlabanki hints that rate hikes will soon be needed

Iceland’s central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 6% at its meeting today but hintedstrongly that rates will need to rise soon. We continue to think that the Sedlabanki will raise thepolicy rate before the end of the year as the slack in the economy disappears.

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