All three of Iceland’s commercial banks announced that they would be raising interest rates on Friday. RÚV reports that Arion Bank, Íslandsbanki, and Landsbankinn are raising interest rates on non-indexed loans, as well as deposits. The hike comes on the heels of a 0.5% increase on key interest rates last week.
Interest rates on most types of non-indexed loans went up by 0.5% at Arion Bank, Íslandsbanki, and Landsbankinn. New non-indexed mortgages offered by Landsbankinn interest rates had a slightly lower hike; those went up 0.25-0.30%.
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Non-indexed interest rates on the banks’ home loans are now in the range of 8.0-8.5%, while interest rates on indexed loans remain unchanged.
Deposit rates were also raised, in most cases around 0.5%.
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Friday’s interest increases come on the heels of the Central Bank’s decision to raise key interest rates by 0.5% last week, bringing it up to 6.5%. This was the Central Bank’s 11th increase on the key interest rate in a row. The lowest this rate has been is 0.75% in the spring of 2021.
Interest rates have not been higher since 2009.
