24 January 2022 - Landsbankinn
Icelandic State Financial Investments submitted a proposal regarding the sale of the State’s entire remaining holdings in Íslandsbanki hf. last week.
Last week’s highlights
Icelandic State Financial Investments submitted a proposal regarding the sale of all the State’s remaining holdings in Íslandsbanki hf.
The CBI published an overview for the foreign exchange market, exchange rate developments, and international reserves for 2021.
The housing price index for the capital region increased by 1.8% MoM in December, bringing the YoY increase to 18.4%.
The week ahead
On Friday, Statistics Iceland will release CPI numbers for January. We expect a 0.2% decrease between months and headline inflation to decrease from 5.1% to 5.0%.
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