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 Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Maðurinn kominn í leitirnar Innlent Annar látinn eftir eldsvoðann á Hjarðarhaga Innlent Lagði Livio sem þarf að punga út 25 milljónum króna Innlent Skoða hvort eitthvað saknæmt hafi átt sér stað Innlent Fær þyngri dóm fyrir að nauðga konu, taka það upp og senda henni Innlent „Verkefnið bara heltekur okkur“ Innlent Fólki sé vel treystandi til að fá sér bjór á íþróttaviðburðum Innlent NEL tekur fyrir mál fjölskyldu Sigurðar Kristófers í júní Innlent Íslendingur í Bandaríkjunum: „Þetta er mjög óþægileg staða“ Erlent
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 Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Maðurinn kominn í leitirnar Innlent Annar látinn eftir eldsvoðann á Hjarðarhaga Innlent Lagði Livio sem þarf að punga út 25 milljónum króna Innlent Skoða hvort eitthvað saknæmt hafi átt sér stað Innlent Fær þyngri dóm fyrir að nauðga konu, taka það upp og senda henni Innlent „Verkefnið bara heltekur okkur“ Innlent Fólki sé vel treystandi til að fá sér bjór á íþróttaviðburðum Innlent NEL tekur fyrir mál fjölskyldu Sigurðar Kristófers í júní Innlent Íslendingur í Bandaríkjunum: „Þetta er mjög óþægileg staða“ Erlent