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 „Ekki bara rekinn heldur á staðnum og fyrirvaralaust“ Innlent „Vona að þú sofir vel“ Innlent Búið að innsigla Kastrup: „Góður að taka á móti fólki en ömurlegur í tölvupóstum“ Innlent Í leyfi frá þingstörfum og flytur til New York Innlent Tifandi tímasprengjan sem grunuð er um frelsissviptingu Innlent Kári var harðákveðinn að hætta ekki sem forstjóri Innlent „Ég meina, hann er að missa fyrirtækið sitt“ Innlent Kári hættur hjá Íslenskri erfðagreiningu Innlent Buðu mótherjum Björgólfs fyrst þjónustu sína Innlent Lokunin óásættanleg og muni leiða til verðhækkana fyrir íbúa 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 „Ekki bara rekinn heldur á staðnum og fyrirvaralaust“ Innlent „Vona að þú sofir vel“ Innlent Búið að innsigla Kastrup: „Góður að taka á móti fólki en ömurlegur í tölvupóstum“ Innlent Í leyfi frá þingstörfum og flytur til New York Innlent Tifandi tímasprengjan sem grunuð er um frelsissviptingu Innlent Kári var harðákveðinn að hætta ekki sem forstjóri Innlent „Ég meina, hann er að missa fyrirtækið sitt“ Innlent Kári hættur hjá Íslenskri erfðagreiningu Innlent Buðu mótherjum Björgólfs fyrst þjónustu sína Innlent Lokunin óásættanleg og muni leiða til verðhækkana fyrir íbúa Innlent