> Norges Bank Interest Rate Decision June 2026: Held at 4.25% > Source: https://interestratedecision.com/norges/june-2026/ · Content last changed: 2026-06-18 > InterestRateDecision.com: free to quote with a link to the page above. Held at 4.25%, as expected (Norges Bank, Jun 18, 2026). EUR/NOK: hour-before range 160 pips, first spike 114 pips above, +351 pips after one hour. # Norges Bank Interest Rate Decision, June 2026 Norges Bank held the policy rate at 4.25% on June 18, 2026, as expected. Decision**4.25%**■ hold Against expected**As expected**expected 4.25% Previous**4.25%**policy rate EUR/NOK one hour later **+351 pips** from the last price before Figures as of Nov 3, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC. The result ## What Norges Bank decided in June 2026 The move **Hold** Held at 4.25%. Against expected **No surprise** Economists expected: hold at 4.25%. The decision was as expected. Timing **10:00 AM GMT+2** Thursday, June 18, 2026. What price did ## EUR/NOK after Norges Bank decision, minute by minute One-minute candles, Oslo time. The box is the hour before the announcement. [How we measure](https://interestratedecision.com/about/#method). 1. **The hour before**EUR/NOK ranged 160 pips, from 11.03696 to 11.05294, and was at 11.04954 at the announcement. 2. **The first spike** After 0 minutes price went through the hour's high and ran 114 pips past it. 3. **The close back** A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 10 minutes. 4. **The other side** Price did not trade through the opposite edge within four hours. 5. **The moves** From the last price before the announcement: −76 pips at 15 minutes, +351 pips at one hour, +482 pips at four hours. For context Across 14 measured Norges Bank decisions since January 2025, the first spike closed back inside the hour-before range within 60 minutes in 8 (57%), and in 3 of those price then took the other side within four hours. In the other 6 the first move held. Median move in the first 15 minutes: 280 pips. This decision is one of the closed-back cases. Counts include the decisions where it did not close back. [All Norges Bank dates](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/#dates) · [Norges Bank overview](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/). [← Previous decision**Norges Bank, May 2026**Raised 25 bp to 4.25%](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/may-2026/) [Next decision →**Norges Bank, August 2026**Thu, Aug 13, 10:00 AM GMT+2](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/august-2026/) **The same week:** [BoJ, Tue, Jun 16](https://interestratedecision.com/boj/june-2026/) · [RBA, Tue, Jun 16](https://interestratedecision.com/rba/june-2026/) · [Riksbank, Wed, Jun 17](https://interestratedecision.com/riksbank/june-2026/) · [Fed, Wed, Jun 17](https://interestratedecision.com/fed/june-2026/) · [SNB, Thu, Jun 18](https://interestratedecision.com/snb/june-2026/) · [BoE, Thu, Jun 18](https://interestratedecision.com/boe/june-2026/) · [this week's decisions](https://interestratedecision.com/this-week/) **Norges Bank:** [Will Norges Bank raise or cut rates?](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/will-norges-bank-raise-rates/) · [Norges Bank rate odds](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/rate-odds/) · [Norges Bank meeting dates 2026](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/meeting-dates-2026/) · [Norges Bank rate history since 2008](https://interestratedecision.com/norges/rate-history/) · [all central bank rates](https://interestratedecision.com/central-bank-rates/) Questions ## Norges Bank June 2026 decision: questions What time was Norges Bank interest rate decision on Jun 18, 2026? It was announced at 10:00 AM GMT+2 (4:00 AM EDT New York, 9:00 AM London London). What did Norges Bank decide in June 2026? Held at 4.25% (previous 4.25%). Economists expected: hold at 4.25%, so the decision was as expected. How did EUR/NOK react to Norges Bank decision in June 2026? On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 160 pips; the first spike went above it by 114 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 10 minutes; after one hour EUR/NOK was +351 pips from its pre-announcement price. By Forexia ## Learn the read behind every projection. Forexia teaches the same read this site measures: where the stops rest before a release, the hunt, and the close back that says it is done. Courses, live signals for members, and a community of traders who chart the same way. [Explore Forexia](https://forexiapro.com/?via=interestratedecision) [Free Telegram channel](https://t.me/forexia2)