Iceland : 2021 Article IV consultation : press release; staff report; staff statement; and statement by the Executive Director for Iceland
International Monetary Fund
The Icelandic economy has been severely affected by the pandemic. Sharp tourism contraction and containment measures caused real GDP to plummet by 6.6 percent in 2020. A modest recovery will take hold in 2021. Recovery prospects in the tourism sector depend on control of the epidemic and progress in global and domestic vaccine distribution, spelling a challenging outlook with possibly deep medium-term scarring. Fiscal policy should continue to support the economy for now. Policy buffers accumulated over the last decade provided space for a large fiscal support and accommodated substantial automatic stabilizers. Additional stimulus is planned in 2021 to address still large slack in the economy, mitigate scarring, and provide confidence in the event of downside risks. Medium-term policies should ensure that public debt is firmly on a downward path, while limiting the drag on growth
Year of publication: |
June 2021
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Institutions: | Internationaler Währungsfonds (issuing body) |
Publisher: |
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund |
Subject: | inflation expectation | notification band | family support benefit | monetary policy effort | fiscal policy mix | COVID-19 | Tourism | Government finance statistics | Financial statistics | Currency markets | Global | Europe | Island | Iceland | Geldpolitik | Monetary policy | Finanzpolitik | Fiscal policy | Wirtschaftslage | Macroeconomic performance | Coronavirus | EU-Staaten | EU countries | Schuldenmanagement | Debt management | Finanzstatistik | Inflationserwartung | Inflation expectations |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 78 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | IMF country report. - Washington, DC : IMF, ZDB-ID 2390611-X. - Vol. 21, 106 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
ISBN: | 978-1-5135-7314-4 |
Other identifiers: | 10.5089/9781513573144.002 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604433
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