Iceland: 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

August 29, 2007

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Iceland: 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that boom in private consumption in Iceland was facilitated by easing household credit conditions, tax cuts, rapidly rising housing and equity wealth, and an appreciating real exchange rate. As a result, the output gap peaked at over 5 percent in 2005, declining only modestly in 2006. Record current account deficits and credit downgrades early in 2007 caused little market disruption, in part reflecting a healthy financial sector. The exchange rate remained strong, and confidence in Icelandic banks stayed high.

Subject: Banking, External debt, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Inflation, Loans, National accounts, Prices, Private consumption

Keywords: Anchor inflation expectation, CR, Debt, Derivative, Eastern Europe, Eurobond carry trade, Fiscal stance, Global, Headline inflation, Inflation, Inflation well, ISCR, Last Article IV consultation, Loans, Private consumption, Record current account deficit

Publication Details

Pages:

42
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2007/295
Stock No:

1ISLEA2007002
ISBN:

9781451819359
ISSN:

1934-7685

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