Economic Growth 2.6% in 2006 14. mars 2007 10:49 Icelandic Fishing Factory According to provisional data from Statistics Iceland, Icelandic Gross Domestic Product in 2006 was 1142 billion ISK (€ 12.85 bil). In real terms, GDP grew at a rate of 2.6%, down from 7.2% growth in the previous year. Last year's growth in GDP can mainly be explained by 4.6% growth in household final consumption and 13.0% growth in fixed capital formation. This was mainly offset by a growth in imports, which increased by 8.8% in real terms. At the same time exports declined by 5.6% with the consequences that the balance on current account became negative by 303 billion ISK, 26.5% of GDP. In 2005 the balance on current account was negative by 163 billion ISK, 16% of GDP. Regardless of some improvements in terms of trade, a considerable growth in net outflow of primary income led to a decline in Gross National Income (GNI) by 1.7% after 8.1% growth in the year before. News News in English Mest lesið „Dökk að utan en mjólkurhvít að innan“ Innlent Vilja búa til „friðarfána“ svo ekki þurfi að flagga erlendum fánum Innlent Þjóðin sé orðin þreytt á málþófi Innlent Björguðu ketti sem var fastur inni í Teslu Innlent Lýst eftir Ólafi í Búlgaríu Innlent Skorar á verktaka að lækka íbúðaverð Innlent Leggja til breytingar á gatnamótum í kjölfar banaslyss Innlent Tókst ekki að flýja lögreglu og var gómaður með þrjá hnífa og meint eiturlyf Innlent Fjallað um Skjöld Íslands í forsíðugrein stórblaðs Innlent „Erfið stund en mikilvæg“ Innlent
According to provisional data from Statistics Iceland, Icelandic Gross Domestic Product in 2006 was 1142 billion ISK (€ 12.85 bil). In real terms, GDP grew at a rate of 2.6%, down from 7.2% growth in the previous year. Last year's growth in GDP can mainly be explained by 4.6% growth in household final consumption and 13.0% growth in fixed capital formation. This was mainly offset by a growth in imports, which increased by 8.8% in real terms. At the same time exports declined by 5.6% with the consequences that the balance on current account became negative by 303 billion ISK, 26.5% of GDP. In 2005 the balance on current account was negative by 163 billion ISK, 16% of GDP. Regardless of some improvements in terms of trade, a considerable growth in net outflow of primary income led to a decline in Gross National Income (GNI) by 1.7% after 8.1% growth in the year before.
News News in English Mest lesið „Dökk að utan en mjólkurhvít að innan“ Innlent Vilja búa til „friðarfána“ svo ekki þurfi að flagga erlendum fánum Innlent Þjóðin sé orðin þreytt á málþófi Innlent Björguðu ketti sem var fastur inni í Teslu Innlent Lýst eftir Ólafi í Búlgaríu Innlent Skorar á verktaka að lækka íbúðaverð Innlent Leggja til breytingar á gatnamótum í kjölfar banaslyss Innlent Tókst ekki að flýja lögreglu og var gómaður með þrjá hnífa og meint eiturlyf Innlent Fjallað um Skjöld Íslands í forsíðugrein stórblaðs Innlent „Erfið stund en mikilvæg“ Innlent