National central banks hold rates across Europe
Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway and Sweden all leave policy unchanged
Five European central banks have held rates over the past two days.
The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) was the first, when it maintained its policy rate at 6.5% on December 16. The Bank of Albania kept its benchmark rate at 2.5% the following day.
Norges Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Czech National Bank (CNB) all announced their decisions today (December 18). Norway’s central bank held its policy rate at 4%, the Riksbank kept its benchmark rate at 1.75% and the CNB maintained its two-week
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