Ida Wolden Bache kicked off her time in charge at the Norges Bank with a rate hike and prepared the ground for even more aggressive tightening. We now expect 175bps of hikes by end-2023, to 2.50%, and there is good chance that the Bank front-loads the rate rises. Meanwhile, although the SNB left its policy rate on hold at -0.75% again today, we expect it to lift rates out of negative territory, to zero, next year.
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