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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Fjórir í bílnum en enginn við stýrið Innlent „Ég hefði bara sagt af mér á staðnum“ Innlent Yazan afar létt að vera ekki vísað frá landi Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Skerjafjarðarskjáldið krefst afsökunarbeiðni – annars fer það í mál Innlent Íbúar Springfield klofnir í afstöðu sinni til heimsóknar Trump Erlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Títan bilaði og lenti í árekstri nokkrum dögum fyrir hinstu förina 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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Fjórir í bílnum en enginn við stýrið Innlent „Ég hefði bara sagt af mér á staðnum“ Innlent Yazan afar létt að vera ekki vísað frá landi Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Skerjafjarðarskjáldið krefst afsökunarbeiðni – annars fer það í mál Innlent Íbúar Springfield klofnir í afstöðu sinni til heimsóknar Trump Erlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Títan bilaði og lenti í árekstri nokkrum dögum fyrir hinstu förina Erlent