Foreign exchange market, exchange rate developments, and international reserves 2020
15.01.2021
The króna depreciated by 10.4% in 2020, and turnover in the interbank foreign currency market increased by 124% year-on-year. The domestic foreign currency market was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Central Bank conducted large-scale trades in the market to mitigate volatility and improve price formation.
Monetary Policy Committee report to Parliament
14.01.2021
The Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) report to Parliament (Alþingi) on the Committee’s work in H2/2020 has been posted on the Bank’s website. The report is supplemented by a wide range of supporting material, including separate reports by external committee members.
Statement of the Financial Supervision Committee 13 January 2021
13.01.2021
The Financial Supervision Committee has amended the guidelines on financial institutions’ and insurance companies’ dividend payments and purchases of their own shares through 30 September 2021, in view of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee’s statement highlights the points that it recommends as guiding principles in such transaction...
Announcement concerning Central Bank purchases of Treasury bonds
30.12.2020
At the beginning of May 2020, the Central Bank of Iceland began buying Treasury bonds in the secondary market, in accordance with the 23 March 2020 statement by the Monetary Policy Committee.
Central Bank lengthens adaptation period for minimum liquidity ratio in Icelandic krónur by one year
29.12.2020
Rules no. 1399/2020 amending the Rules on Credit Institutions’ Liquidity Ratios, no. 266/2017, with subsequent amendments, were published today in the Law and Ministerial Gazette [Stjórnartíðindi]. With this amendment, the grace period previously granted to credit institutions to adapt to the required minimum liquidity ratio in Icelandic krónur has...
Statement of the Financial Stability Committee 16 December 2020
16.12.2020
A more accommodative monetary stance has supported asset markets, enabled households and businesses to deal with the repercussions of the pandemic, and maintained financial stability. The reduction in the countercyclical capital buffer and measures to boost market liquidity have made it easier for financial institutions to work with distressed borr...
Webcast started at 10:00 hrs.
16.12.2020
A webcast in connection with the statement of the Financial Stability Committee published today started at 10:00 hrs. There was a presentation given by Ásgeir Jónsson, Governor of the Central Bank and Chair of the Committee; and Gunnar Jakobsson, Deputy Governor and the Deputy Chair of the Committee.
Working Paper No. 84: DYNIMO - Version III. A DSGE model of the Icelandic economy
03.12.2020
The Central Bank of Iceland has published a a Working Paper with a new handbook for the third version of Dynimo, the bank‘s dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, including derivations of model equations from first principles as well as validation and motivation for the mathematical tools needed. Estimation and evaluation of the model‘s prop...
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 16 and 17 November 2020
02.12.2020
In accordance with the Monetary Policy Committee Rules of Procedure, the minutes of the Committee's most recent meeting have been published on the Bank's website.
Central Bank to continue programme of regular foreign currency sales
30.11.2020
From Tuesday 1 December through the end of the month, the Central Bank of Iceland will sell 3 million euros per day to market makers in the interbank market for foreign exchange, for a total of 66 million euros during the month. The transactions will take place soon after the market opens in the morning, and no later than 10:00 hrs.