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Banks Raise Interest on Non-Indexed Loans

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.

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