Iceland expands policy framework with capital flow tool

Central bank imposes reserve requirements on capital inflows

Central Bank of Iceland
The Central Bank of Iceland is imposing reserve requirements on capital inflows

The Central Bank of Iceland released the design of a long-awaited capital flow management tool on June 4, imposing reserve requirements on inward capital movements.

The new rules, which are already binding, mark the move to a new framework for monetary policy, something governor Már Guðmundsson has in the past called "inflation targeting plus".

By requiring 40% of inflows into certain instruments to sit for a year in special reserve accounts, the central bank hopes to insulate the small open

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