Norway’s central bank kept borrowing costs unchanged and signaled no intention to cut them before next year as it contends with the inflation risks posed by a weak krone.

Norway’s central bank kept borrowing costs unchanged and signaled no intention to cut them before next year as it contends with the inflation risks posed by a weak krone.

Norway's central bank kept interest rates unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.5% on Thursday but said it intends to launch a rate cutting programme during the first quarter of 2025.

Norway's central bank has kept its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.5%, as widely expected, and said any cuts must wait until the first quarter of next year.

Norway’s central bank held its key policy rate at 4.5%, a level that is expected to remain unchanged until the end of the year as a weak krone continues to threaten efforts to bring inflation down.

Norway's central bank will keep its key policy interest rate unchanged this week at a 16-year high of 4.50%, all 27 economists in a Reuters poll said, as investors look for signs of when Norges Bank may eventually begin to cut borrowing costs.

Norway's central bank kept its key interest rate at a 16-year high Thursday and signalled it would only start cuts next year, later than its US and European peers.

The Norges Bank decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 4.5% at its meeting on Thursday. The committee also indicated that it will likely be the rate until the end of the year. However, “time to ease monetary policy is approaching,