Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
FUND (IMF)
ICELAND FINANCIAL CRISIS
Professor Castillo
ECON 490 Global Economics
Group Members
David VeraHistorical Background of IMF Policies & Activities
Karen UrbinaIcelands Position & IMF Assessment
Maria AyalaOutcomes of the Bailout
Historical Background of
the IMF Policies &
Activities
History
IMF Organization
The current financial crisis and the food and oil price
shock
Icelands Position
Executive Board of IMF
Assessment
sustained
fueled
Iceland Bailout
Stand-By Arrangement
(Inbillionsofkrna)
PerformanceCriteria
IndicativeTargets
1.Flooronthechangeinthecentralgovernmentnetfinancialbalance.4/
-12
-55
-55
2.CeilingonthechangeinnetcreditoftheCentralBankofIcelandtotheprivatesector.5/
25
50
50
3.CeilingonthechangeinthedomesticclaimsoftheCentralBankofIcelandtothecentral
government
25
25
25
(InmillionsofUSdollars)
..
5.Ceilingonthelevelofcontractingorguaranteeingofnewmediumandlongtermexternal
debtbycentralgovernment7/
4000
4075
4150
6.Ceilingonthestockofcentralgovernmentshort-termexternaldebt7/8/
650
650
650
7.Ceilingontheaccumulationofnewexternalpaymentsarrearsonexternaldebtcontracted
orguaranteedbycentralgovernmentfrommultilateralorbilateralofficialcreditors.8/9/
confidence
(cont.)
(cont.)
Iceland's Future
Iceland: Selected Economic Indicators
Projection
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
RealGDP
7.4
4.4
4.9
1.6
-9.6
Domesticdemand
16
9.9
-1.5
-9.1
-19.7
Unemploymentrate(inpercentoflaborforce)
2.1
1.3
1.4
5.7
Grossdomesticinvestment(inpercentofGDP)
28.4
33.7
27.6
23.9
18.2
-0.2
-13.5
4.9
6.3
5.5
-12.2
-17.7
-10.1
0.1
10.3
Grossexternaldebt
285.7
445.9
551.5
670.2
159.5
Future of IMF
Conclusion
Questions?
Resources
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/edmundconway/2787581/Fear-ofIceland-bail-out-could-signal-new-future-for-the-IMF.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/business/imf.php
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/new101608a.htm
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/INT022409A.htm
http://www.vi.is/files/The%20Icelandic%20Economic%20Turmoil_925879388.pdf
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/car102408a.ht
m
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr08296.htm
http://www.imf.org/external/np/loi/2008/isl/111508.pdf
http://www.statice.is/?
PageID=444&newsid=2950&highlight=gross%20domestic
%20product