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 Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Segir Vinstri græn ekki styðja frekari breytingar á útlendingalögum Innlent Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Hvers vegna er skiltið í Kúrlandi svo hátt uppi? Innlent Vísar á bug tillögum um frið í skiptum fyrir úkraínskt land Erlent Líklega verði flett ofan af fleirum í rannsókn á brotum Diddy Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Einn af 103 ökumönnum reyndist yfir mörkum 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 Brynjar ákærður fyrir að brjóta á fleiri stúlkum Innlent Hefur þrisvar komið að 13 ára syni sínum meðvitundarlausum Innlent Segir Vinstri græn ekki styðja frekari breytingar á útlendingalögum Innlent Sagður hafa nauðgað konu fyrir níu árum Innlent Hvers vegna er skiltið í Kúrlandi svo hátt uppi? Innlent Vísar á bug tillögum um frið í skiptum fyrir úkraínskt land Erlent Líklega verði flett ofan af fleirum í rannsókn á brotum Diddy Innlent Ekkert gert til að gera nikótínpúða jafn óaðlaðandi og sígarettur Innlent Matvælastofnun kærði tvo búfjáreigendur til lögreglu Innlent Einn af 103 ökumönnum reyndist yfir mörkum Innlent