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 Leigubílstjóri og vinur hans dæmdir fyrir nauðgun Innlent Hafa vísað hundrað leigubílstjórum á brott frá flugstöðinni vegna brota á reglum Innlent „Það er leitt að sjá á eftir góðu baráttufólki“ Innlent Rannsóknaraðgerð lokið en málið enn til rannsóknar Innlent Umræða um gróf kynferðisbrot eigi ekki snúast um þjóðerni gerenda Innlent Þrír menn til rannsóknar vegna tveggja hópnauðgana Innlent Kastaði eggjum í bíl Innlent „Nú hættir þú Sigurður!“ Innlent Miður að hópnauðganir séu nýttar til að kynda undir útlendingahatur Innlent Sérsveitin aðstoðar lögregluna á Suðurlandi 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 Leigubílstjóri og vinur hans dæmdir fyrir nauðgun Innlent Hafa vísað hundrað leigubílstjórum á brott frá flugstöðinni vegna brota á reglum Innlent „Það er leitt að sjá á eftir góðu baráttufólki“ Innlent Rannsóknaraðgerð lokið en málið enn til rannsóknar Innlent Umræða um gróf kynferðisbrot eigi ekki snúast um þjóðerni gerenda Innlent Þrír menn til rannsóknar vegna tveggja hópnauðgana Innlent Kastaði eggjum í bíl Innlent „Nú hættir þú Sigurður!“ Innlent Miður að hópnauðganir séu nýttar til að kynda undir útlendingahatur Innlent Sérsveitin aðstoðar lögregluna á Suðurlandi Innlent