Volume/Issue: 2019/376
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523682
This Selected Issues paper examines scope for improving Iceland's fiscal framework. Iceland's fiscal framework provides for a forward-looking exercise in consolidated fiscal planning. The Icelandic fiscal framework...
Volume/Issue: 2019/375
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513523651.002
ISBN: 9781513523651
This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Iceland discusses that after years of robust growth, economic activity has significantly weakened. Supply disruptions in tourism, the engine of recent growth, and the associat...
Volume/Issue: 2019/375
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523651
This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Iceland discusses that after years of robust growth, economic activity has significantly weakened. Supply disruptions in tourism, the engine of recent growth, and the associat...
Volume/Issue: 2019/376
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513523682.002
ISBN: 9781513523682
This Selected Issues paper examines scope for improving Iceland's fiscal framework. Iceland's fiscal framework provides for a forward-looking exercise in consolidated fiscal planning. The Icelandic fiscal framework...
Volume/Issue: 2019/375
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523651
This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Iceland discusses that after years of robust growth, economic activity has significantly weakened. Supply disruptions in tourism, the engine of recent growth, and the associat...
Volume/Issue: 2019/375
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523651
This 2019 Article IV Consultation with Iceland discusses that after years of robust growth, economic activity has significantly weakened. Supply disruptions in tourism, the engine of recent growth, and the associat...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/319
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384756
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2018/319
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384756
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484384749.002
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Volume/Issue: 2018/319
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484384756.002
ISBN: 9781484384756
Selected Issues...
Volume/Issue: 2018/318
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484384749
Iceland is experiencing an economic slowdown that has reduced overheating concerns. Tourism growth has decelerated and the króna has stopped appreciating. Demand management has become easier, allowing the authoriti...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484375402
Activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, but at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. The external environment has become less supportive, with slow...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484375402
Economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484375402
This chapter documents the increasing use of macroprudential policies (MaPPs) in Europe in recent years to build financial resilience, contain general and sectoral credit growth, an...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484375402.086
ISBN: 9781484375402
Economic activity continued to expand
in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in
advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment and wages,
remains the main engin...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2018
ISBN: 9781484375402
Economic activity continued to expand
in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in
advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment and wages,
remains the main engin...
Volume/Issue: 2017/051
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept;International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.;International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department;International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498346405.007
ISBN: 9781498346405
...
Volume/Issue: 2017/051
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept;International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.;International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department;International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498346405.007
ISBN: 9781498346405
...
Volume/Issue: 2017/051
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept;International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.;International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department;International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2017
ISBN: 9781498346405
...
Volume/Issue: 2017/164
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304983
This paper analyzes the explosion of tourism in Iceland, which has surged above all expectations. The number of tourists has almost quadrupled since the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in 2010, establishing tourism at t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/164
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304983
This paper analyzes the explosion of tourism in Iceland, which has surged above all expectations. The number of tourists has almost quadrupled since the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in 2010, establishing tourism at t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/164
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304983
This paper analyzes the explosion of tourism in Iceland, which has surged above all expectations. The number of tourists has almost quadrupled since the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in 2010, establishing tourism at t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/163
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304969
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Iceland's continued real GDP growth, driven by tourism. Growth reached 7.2 percent in 2016 and is projected at almost 6 percent in 2017 before tapering to about 2.5 perc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/163
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304969
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Iceland's continued real GDP growth, driven by tourism. Growth reached 7.2 percent in 2016 and is projected at almost 6 percent in 2017 before tapering to about 2.5 perc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/163
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304969
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Iceland's continued real GDP growth, driven by tourism. Growth reached 7.2 percent in 2016 and is projected at almost 6 percent in 2017 before tapering to about 2.5 perc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/163
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484304969.002
ISBN: 9781484304969
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Iceland's continued real GDP growth, driven by tourism. Growth reached 7.2 percent in 2016 and is projected at almost 6 percent in 2017 before tapering to about 2.5 perc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/164
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484304983.002
ISBN: 9781484304983
This paper analyzes the explosion of tourism in Iceland, which has surged above all expectations. The number of tourists has almost quadrupled since the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in 2010, establishing tourism at t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/163
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484304969
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Iceland's continued real GDP growth, driven by tourism. Growth reached 7.2 percent in 2016 and is projected at almost 6 percent in 2017 before tapering to about 2.5 perc...
Volume/Issue: 2016/180
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781498313551
This paper examines Iceland's expenditure policy, especially five expenditure pressure points, as well as capital flows and monetary policy effectiveness in small open economies. The postcrisis fiscal adjustment de...
Volume/Issue: 2016/180
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781498313551
This paper examines Iceland's expenditure policy, especially five expenditure pressure points, as well as capital flows and monetary policy effectiveness in small open economies. The postcrisis fiscal adjustment de...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475563603.002
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2016/180
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498313551.002
ISBN: 9781498313551
This paper examines Iceland's expenditure policy, especially five expenditure pressure points, as well as capital flows and monetary policy effectiveness in small open economies. The postcrisis fiscal adjustment de...
Volume/Issue: 2016/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2016
ISBN: 9781475563603
This paper provides an assessment of the economic conditions, outlook, and crises in Iceland. There is a mounting sense that capital controls hurt growth prospects, repressing local financial markets, scaring forei...
Volume/Issue: 2015/315
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
November
2015
ISBN: 9781513524047
This paper discusses key findings and recommendations of the Technical Assistance Report on Optimal Reform and Distributional Analysis of the Personal Income Tax (PIT). With regard to reforming the PIT schedule, it...
Volume/Issue: 2015/315
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
November
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513524047.002
ISBN: 9781513524047
This paper discusses key findings and recommendations of the Technical Assistance Report on Optimal Reform and Distributional Analysis of the Personal Income Tax (PIT). With regard to reforming the PIT schedule, it...
Volume/Issue: 2015/218
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Anton Korinek
, and
Damiano Sandri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513506463
International capital flows can create significant financial instability in emerging economies
because of pecuniary externalities associated with exchange rate movements. Does this make
it optimal to impose capital...
Volume/Issue: 2015/218
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Anton Korinek
, and
Damiano Sandri
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513506463.001
ISBN: 9781513506463
International capital flows can create significant financial instability in emerging economies
because of pecuniary externalities associated with exchange rate movements. Does this make
it optimal to impose capital...
Volume/Issue: 2015/166
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Amaglobeli
,
Nicolas End
,
Mariusz Jarmuzek
, and
Geremia Palomba
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513529356
This paper examines the risk factors associated with fiscal costs of systemic banking crises using cross-country data. We differentiate between immediate direct fiscal costs of government intervention (e.g., recapi...
Volume/Issue: 2015/166
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Amaglobeli
,
Nicolas End
,
Mariusz Jarmuzek
, and
Geremia Palomba
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
July
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513529356.001
ISBN: 9781513529356
This paper examines the risk factors associated with fiscal costs of systemic banking crises using cross-country data. We differentiate between immediate direct fiscal costs of government intervention (e.g., recapi...
Volume/Issue: 2015/160
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513570433
This paper discusses the recommendations of the Sixth Post-program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland. Iceland recently updated its capital account liberalization strategy. The strategy takes a staged approach, st...
Volume/Issue: 2015/160
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513570433
This paper discusses the recommendations of the Sixth Post-program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland. Iceland recently updated its capital account liberalization strategy. The strategy takes a staged approach, st...
Volume/Issue: 2015/160
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513570433.002
ISBN: 9781513570433
This paper discusses the recommendations of the Sixth Post-program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland. Iceland recently updated its capital account liberalization strategy. The strategy takes a staged approach, st...
Volume/Issue: 2015/160
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513570433
This paper discusses the recommendations of the Sixth Post-program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland. Iceland recently updated its capital account liberalization strategy. The strategy takes a staged approach, st...
Volume/Issue: 2015/160
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513570433
This paper discusses the recommendations of the Sixth Post-program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland. Iceland recently updated its capital account liberalization strategy. The strategy takes a staged approach, st...
Volume/Issue: 2015/72
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498398893
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland has reached a relatively strong macroeconomic position with good growth prospects. Unemployment continues to trend down, now at 4 percent. Growth is expecte...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/72
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498398893
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland has reached a relatively strong macroeconomic position with good growth prospects. Unemployment continues to trend down, now at 4 percent. Growth is expecte...
Volume/Issue: 2015/72
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498398893
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland has reached a relatively strong macroeconomic position with good growth prospects. Unemployment continues to trend down, now at 4 percent. Growth is expecte...
Volume/Issue: 2015/72
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498398893.002
ISBN: 9781498398893
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland has reached a relatively strong macroeconomic position with good growth prospects. Unemployment continues to trend down, now at 4 percent. Growth is expecte...
Volume/Issue: 2015/73
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498365437.002
ISBN: 9781498365437
This Selected Issues paper examines implications of capital account liberalization in Iceland. Capital controls were critical in 2008 to avoid a more severe collapse of the Icelandic economy. Six years later, capit...
Volume/Issue: 2015/72
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
March
2015
ISBN: 9781498398893
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland has reached a relatively strong macroeconomic position with good growth prospects. Unemployment continues to trend down, now at 4 percent. Growth is expecte...
Volume/Issue: 2014/353
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
December
2014
ISBN: 9781498393355
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/353
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
December
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498393355.002
ISBN: 9781498393355
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/226
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jochen Andritzky
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
December
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484395745.001
ISBN: 9781484395745
In housing crises, high mortgage debt can feed a vicious circle of falling housing prices and declining consumption and incomes, leading to higher mortgage defaults and deeper recessions. In such situations, resolu...
Volume/Issue: 2014/226
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jochen Andritzky
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
December
2014
ISBN: 9781484395745
In housing crises, high mortgage debt can feed a vicious circle of falling housing prices and declining consumption and incomes, leading to higher mortgage defaults and deeper recessions. In such situations, resolu...
Volume/Issue: 2014/187
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yoko Shinagawa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498365628
This paper defines financial market spillovers as the comovement between two countries' financial markets and analyzes financial market spillovers over the period 2001-12 through four channels: bilateral portfolio...
Volume/Issue: 2014/187
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yoko Shinagawa
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
October
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498365628.001
ISBN: 9781498365628
This paper defines financial market spillovers as the comovement between two countries' financial markets and analyzes financial market spillovers over the period 2001-12 through four channels: bilateral portfolio...
Volume/Issue: 2014/291
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
September
2014
ISBN: 9781484391761
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Iceland's government, elected in 2013, is conducting a general review of its tax policy with a view toward making it more efficient and less distortionary.1 To this end, it has targeted VAT refor...
Volume/Issue: 2014/291
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
September
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484391761.002
ISBN: 9781484391761
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Iceland's government, elected in 2013, is conducting a general review of its tax policy with a view toward making it more efficient and less distortionary.1 To this end, it has targeted VAT refor...
Volume/Issue: 2014/257
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498380560
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/257
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
September
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498380560.002
ISBN: 9781498380560
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/151
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Philip Lane
, and
Gian Milesi-Ferretti
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2014
ISBN: 9781498339216
This paper has two objectives. First, it reviews the recent dynamics of global imbalances (both 'flow' and 'stock' imbalances), with a special focus on the shifting position of Latin America in the global distribut...
Volume/Issue: 2014/151
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Philip Lane
, and
Gian Milesi-Ferretti
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498339216.001
ISBN: 9781498339216
This paper has two objectives. First, it reviews the recent dynamics of global imbalances (both 'flow' and 'stock' imbalances), with a special focus on the shifting position of Latin America in the global distribut...
Volume/Issue: 2014/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308106
This paper discusses Iceland's Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions. Iceland's economy has grown strongly on the back of booming tourism. Real GDP grew 3.3 percent in 2013, despite a drop in investment spendi...
Volume/Issue: 2014/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308106
This paper discusses Iceland's Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions. Iceland's economy has grown strongly on the back of booming tourism. Real GDP grew 3.3 percent in 2013, despite a drop in investment spendi...
Volume/Issue: 2014/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498308106.002
ISBN: 9781498308106
This paper discusses Iceland's Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions. Iceland's economy has grown strongly on the back of booming tourism. Real GDP grew 3.3 percent in 2013, despite a drop in investment spendi...
Volume/Issue: 2014/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308106
This paper discusses Iceland's Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions. Iceland's economy has grown strongly on the back of booming tourism. Real GDP grew 3.3 percent in 2013, despite a drop in investment spendi...
Volume/Issue: 2014/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308106
This paper discusses Iceland's Fourth Post-Program Monitoring Discussions. Iceland's economy has grown strongly on the back of booming tourism. Real GDP grew 3.3 percent in 2013, despite a drop in investment spendi...
Volume/Issue: 2014/8
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christian Saborowski
,
Sarah Sanya
,
Hans Weisfeld
, and
Juan Yepez
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
January
2014
ISBN: 9781484379752
This paper examines the effectiveness of capital outflow restrictions in a sample of 37 emerging market economies during the period 1995-2010, using a panel vector autoregression approach with interaction terms. Sp...
Volume/Issue: 2014/8
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christian Saborowski
,
Sarah Sanya
,
Hans Weisfeld
, and
Juan Yepez
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
January
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484379752.001
ISBN: 9781484379752
This paper examines the effectiveness of capital outflow restrictions in a sample of 37 emerging market economies during the period 1995-2010, using a panel vector autoregression approach with interaction terms. Sp...
Volume/Issue: 2013/242
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Audun Groenn
, and
Maria Wallin Fredholm
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2013
ISBN: 9781475598179
The aim of this empirical study is to describe and provide analysis on the experience of managing capital flows in Iceland and the Baltic countries. During the build-up of the crisis, there were shortcomings in mac...
Volume/Issue: 2013/242
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Audun Groenn
, and
Maria Wallin Fredholm
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475598179.001
ISBN: 9781475598179
The aim of this empirical study is to describe and provide analysis on the experience of managing capital flows in Iceland and the Baltic countries. During the build-up of the crisis, there were shortcomings in mac...
Volume/Issue: 2013/195
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jaejoon Woo
,
Elva Bova
,
Tidiane Kinda
, and
Yuanyan Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484390917
The 2007-09 Great Recession has led to an unprecedented increase in public debt in many countries, triggering substantial fiscal adjustments. What are the distributional consequences of fiscal austerity measures? T...
Volume/Issue: 2013/195
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jaejoon Woo
,
Elva Bova
,
Tidiane Kinda
, and
Yuanyan Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
September
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484390917.001
ISBN: 9781484390917
The 2007-09 Great Recession has led to an unprecedented increase in public debt in many countries, triggering substantial fiscal adjustments. What are the distributional consequences of fiscal austerity measures? T...
Volume/Issue: 2013/257
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484329979
This Selected Issues paper analyses the impact of a potential rebalancing of Icelandic residents' investment portfolios as capital controls are lifted. It applies optimal portfolio theory to calculate the potential...
Volume/Issue: 2013/257
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484329979
This Selected Issues paper analyses the impact of a potential rebalancing of Icelandic residents' investment portfolios as capital controls are lifted. It applies optimal portfolio theory to calculate the potential...
Volume/Issue: 2013/256
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781475558401
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland's economy is on a path to recovery, but legacy vulnerabilities are weighing on growth. GDP growth-which reached 2.9 percent in 2011-slowed to 1.6 percent in...
Volume/Issue: 2013/256
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781475558401
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland's economy is on a path to recovery, but legacy vulnerabilities are weighing on growth. GDP growth-which reached 2.9 percent in 2011-slowed to 1.6 percent in...
Volume/Issue: 2013/256
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781475558401
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland's economy is on a path to recovery, but legacy vulnerabilities are weighing on growth. GDP growth-which reached 2.9 percent in 2011-slowed to 1.6 percent in...
Volume/Issue: 2013/256
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475558401.002
ISBN: 9781475558401
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland's economy is on a path to recovery, but legacy vulnerabilities are weighing on growth. GDP growth-which reached 2.9 percent in 2011-slowed to 1.6 percent in...
Volume/Issue: 2013/257
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484329979.002
ISBN: 9781484329979
This Selected Issues paper analyses the impact of a potential rebalancing of Icelandic residents' investment portfolios as capital controls are lifted. It applies optimal portfolio theory to calculate the potential...
Volume/Issue: 2013/256
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
August
2013
ISBN: 9781475558401
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iceland's economy is on a path to recovery, but legacy vulnerabilities are weighing on growth. GDP growth-which reached 2.9 percent in 2011-slowed to 1.6 percent in...
Volume/Issue: 2013/69
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
2013
ISBN: 9781475552201
This article reviews the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of the European Union. ESMA performed a role in the regulation and supervision of the securities market. ESMA was created to supervise the f...
Volume/Issue: 2013/69
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475552201.002
ISBN: 9781475552201
This article reviews the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of the European Union. ESMA performed a role in the regulation and supervision of the securities market. ESMA was created to supervise the f...
Volume/Issue: 2013/44
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yan Liu
, and
Christoph Rosenberg
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
February
2013
ISBN: 9781475544305
The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools and-in some cases-institutional arrangements t...
Volume/Issue: 2013/44
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yan Liu
, and
Christoph Rosenberg
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
February
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475544305.001
ISBN: 9781475544305
The private non-financial sector in Europe is facing increased challenges in meeting its debt servicing obligation. In response, governments are revisiting legal tools and-in some cases-institutional arrangements t...
Volume/Issue: 2012/309
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
November
2012
ISBN: 9781475569674
The report throws light on the process of recovery from the global financial crisis in Iceland. The strong growth performance witnessed in 2011 seems to continue in 2012. The closing output gap and the decline in u...
