Central Bank Of Iceland Issues New Inflation Forecast For 2000 And 2001

The Central Bank of Iceland has issued a new inflation forecast for 2000 and 2001. The Bank forecasts an inflation rate of 5% in the course of 2000 and 4% in 2001. In the course of 1999 the CPI rose 5.8 percent. The forecast is presented in the Bank's quarterly bulletin, Peningamál, which is available today in Icelandic on the Bank's website, www.sedlabanki.is.