4. February 2019 - Weekly bulletin

Icelandic Economic Weekly: Monday 4 February 2019

Last week's highlights

The consumer price index decreased by 0.41% MoM in January, mainly due to seasonal sales. The headline number decreased from 3.7% to 3.4%.

Statistics Iceland published revised numbers for trade in goods 2018.

The CBI published its quarterly market expectations survey.

The population of Iceland increased by 1,420 in Q4 2018.

Íslandsbanki terminated its credit rating contract with Fitch Ratings.

The week ahead

We expect the MPC to hold policy rates unchanged on Wednesday.

Markets 4 February 2019

Macro Overview 4 February 2019