Press releases

Listed below are the latest press releases from the Central Bank of Iceland. Older news can be viewed by clicking the link for the respective year.

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Balance of payments in the second quarter of 2010 and the external position - 30.08.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank lowers interest rates - 18.08.10
Central Bank rates lowered - 18.08.10
Nordic and Baltic Ministries, Central Banks and Supervisory Authorities sign Agreement on Financial Stability - 17.08.10
Ministries, Central Bank and Financial Supervisory Authority sign Agreement on Financial Stability and Preparedness - 17.08.10
Indroduction about guidelines issued to financial institutions due to non-binding clauses linking loans to the exchange rate - 01.07.10
Financial Supervisory Authority and Central Bank of Iceland issue guidelines to financial undertakings - 30.06.10
International Monetary Fund mission visit to Iceland 14 - 28 June 2010 - 28.06.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank lowers rates - 23.06.10
MPC decision on interest rates - 23.06.10
Treasury buys back EUR bonds and currency reserves reinforced - 22.06.10
Balance of payments and the external position revised in 2009 and first quarter of 2010 - 09.06.10
The People's Bank of China and the Central Bank of Iceland sign a bilateral currency swap agreement - 09.06.10
Balance of payments in the first quarter of 2010 and the external position - 03.06.10
Pension funds purchase Treasury's HFF bonds to strengthen FX reserves - 31.05.10
Central Bank of Iceland signs an agreement concerning Avens B.V. Eurobonds - 28.05.10
Central Bank of Iceland, Banque centrale du Luxembourg and the liquidator of Landsbanki Luxembourg S.A. sign an agreement in Luxembourg - 19.05.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank rates lowered - 05.05.10
MPC decision on interest rates - 05.05.10
Amended Rules on Foreign Exchange - 03.05.10
Moody's changes outlook on Iceland's ratings back to stable - 23.04.10
The Second Review of the economic programme prepared by the Government of Iceland and the International Monetary Fund is complete, and a loan facility in the amount of 160 million US dollars has been approved - 16.04.10
The Central Bank purchases Treasury bonds - 25.03.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank rates lowered - 17.03.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank rates lowered - 17.03.10
Webcast at 11:00 today - 17.03.10
Central Bank rates lowered - 17.03.10
Standard & Poor's confirms Iceland sovereign rating : still on CreditWatch with negative implications - 08.03.10
Moody's: Iceland's credit rating under pressure - 02.03.10
Balance of payments in the fourth quarter of 2009 and the external position - 01.03.10
Standard & Poor's keeps Republic of Iceland ratings on credit watch negative - 01.02.10
Speech by Governor Gudmundsson: The financial crisis in Iceland and the fault lines in cross-border banking - 27.01.10
Statement of the Central Bank of Iceland Monetary Policy Committee: Central Bank rates lowered - 27.01.10
MPC decision on interest rates - 27.01.10
R&I Rating affirms Iceland's rating of BBB-, and keeps the rating on the Rating Monitor - 08.01.10
Announcement from Moody's - 06.01.10
The ratings company Fitch Ratings downgrades Iceland's rating to BB+/BBB+; outlook negative - 05.01.10
The Sovereign Ratings Company Standard & Poor's has placed Iceland's ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications - 05.01.10