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Sharp currency depreciations in Norway and Iceland

Market movements across the Nordic and Swiss economies were fairly limited in March. The main exceptions were in the currency market, with both the Norwegian krone and Icelandic króna recording sharp declines against the euro and US dollar. Despite our expectations that the Norwegian and Icelandic central banks will cut interest rates this year, we expect the two currencies to rebound and ultimately appreciate during the rest of 2017.

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