25 April 2022 - Landsbankinn
The housing price index for the capital region increased by 3.1% MoM in March.
Last week’s highlights
- The housing price index for the capital region increased by 3.1% MoM in March, bringing the YoY increase to 22%.
The week ahead
- On Wednesday, the CBI will release the results of its market expectations survey.
- On Thursday, Statistics Iceland will release CPI numbers for April. We expect a 0,7% increase between months and for headline inflation to stay unchanged at 6.7%.
- Marel (Wednesday) and Icelandair Group (Thursday) publish Q1 earnings.
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