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OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) - Norway's central bank on
Monday said it saw no liquidity challenges for Norwegian banks
following the Swiss-brokered rescue of Credit Suisse .
"Norges Bank closely monitors developments in the markets
and the economy. We do not see any signs of liquidity challenges
in Norwegian banks," a spokesperson for the bank said in an
email to Reuters.
Global bank stocks continued to fall on Monday as the focus
of investors shifted to the massive hit some Credit Suisse
bondholders would take under the UBS acquisition, which has
added to anxiety about other key risks including contagion.
In coordination with central banks elsewhere, the U.S.
Federal Reserve on Sunday
offered daily currency swaps
to ensure banks in Canada, Britain, Japan, Switzerland and
the euro zone would have the dollars needed to operate.
Norges Bank was not part of this arrangement, the
spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Victoria Klesty, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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