Iceland : Stand-By Arrangement; Interim Review Under the Emergency Financing Mechanism.

This paper describes the Stand-By Arrangement for Iceland under the Emergency Financing Mechanism. The crisis is producing a sharp contraction of economic activity. Indicators of consumption are plummeting, and the deterioration in the labor market is accelerating, with rising unemployment and falli...

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Körperschaft: International Monetary Fund
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/052
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
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