Icelandic Economic Weekly: 21 March 2022

21 March 2022 - Landsbankinn

The CBI published a statement from the Financial Stability Committee and the Bank’s Financial Stability report last week.

Last week’s highlights

The CBI published a statement from the Financial Stability Committee and the Bank’s Financial Stability report.
Fitch Ratings affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ and revised the Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative.
The housing price index for the capital region increased by 2.5% MoM in February, bringing the YoY increase to 22.5%.

The week ahead

On Thursday, Statistics Iceland will publish the results of its monthly labour force survey.

Markets and Economic Overview

Icelandic Economic Weekly: 21 March 2022 (PDF)

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