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Norges Bank Holds Policy Rate at 4.25% for Second Straight Meeting, Warns a Hike 'May Still Become Necessary'
- ▸Norges Bank's Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee kept the policy rate unchanged at 4.25% on August 12, its second straight hold, even as it left the door open to a future hike.
- ▸July's 12-month CPI inflation slowed to 3.0%, with core inflation (CPI-ATE) at 2.7% — both lower than the Committee had projected, though Governor Ida Wolden Bache said it is "too early to conclude that the inflation outlook has changed materially."
- ▸No new forecasts were issued at this meeting; Norges Bank will publish updated projections and its next rate decision together on September 24, 2026.
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