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.
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