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 Brennur fyrir borgarhönnun og sárnaði að vera kölluð hræsnari Innlent Verkfall flugumferðarstjóra hafið Innlent Samkomulag við Þjóðverja eigi að tryggja varnir og öryggi Íslendinga Innlent Nemendur gangi ítrekað í skrokk á kennurum Innlent Rödd Íslendinga í hinsegin baráttu hafi aldrei verið mikilvægari Innlent 105 ára boccia meistari í vesturbæ Reykjavíkur Innlent Lögregla aðstoðaði við að vísa gestum út af hóteli í 105 Innlent Tveggja barna foreldrar verða undanþegnir tekjuskatti Erlent „Barnið mitt dó á ykkar vakt“ Innlent Trump birti gervigreindarmyndband: Með krúnu á höfði að henda hægðum á mótmælendur 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 Brennur fyrir borgarhönnun og sárnaði að vera kölluð hræsnari Innlent Verkfall flugumferðarstjóra hafið Innlent Samkomulag við Þjóðverja eigi að tryggja varnir og öryggi Íslendinga Innlent Nemendur gangi ítrekað í skrokk á kennurum Innlent Rödd Íslendinga í hinsegin baráttu hafi aldrei verið mikilvægari Innlent 105 ára boccia meistari í vesturbæ Reykjavíkur Innlent Lögregla aðstoðaði við að vísa gestum út af hóteli í 105 Innlent Tveggja barna foreldrar verða undanþegnir tekjuskatti Erlent „Barnið mitt dó á ykkar vakt“ Innlent Trump birti gervigreindarmyndband: Með krúnu á höfði að henda hægðum á mótmælendur Erlent