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International Monetary Fund

So this is the wall of shields they promised

September 22, 2010

Apropos the discussion that evolved from the postscript in the last post, it just so happened that current affairs programme Kastljós did a segment this evening on home foreclosures and auctions after the meltdown. Some stats: In 2007 there were 175 auctions of homes [UPDATE: and retail properties] that had gone into foreclosure. In 2008, [...]

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We haz: Total debts of the Icelandic Treasury

March 16, 2010

Well, clearly the Ministry of Finance was sufficiently shaken up by the visit of Mr Jurschevski to send out a press release with details of the debts of the Treasury. I don’t expect this will be of great interest to many of my readers, but no doubt it will be to some of you, so [...]

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The IMF speaks out on *cough* Icesave. And a few other things.

November 16, 2009

So the International Monetary Fund has started sending me mail. Press releases, that sort of thing. Entirely unsolicited. In fact, the first time they did, the email landed in my spam folder with the warning: THIS PERSON MAY NOT BE WHO THEY CLAIM TO BE – since, let’s face it, why would the IMF be [...]

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What we get up to at those demonstrations

August 16, 2009

Everyone: I have often thought how great it would be if non-Icelandic speakers could understand some of the speeches that have been delivered at the demonstrations and open citizen’s meetings held here over the last few months. They differ, obviously, depending on who is speaking, but in my view they give great insight into the [...]

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More on the delicate subject of Iceslave

June 28, 2009

This week, Iceland’s parliament will vote on whether or not to accept the Icesave agreement with British and Dutch authorities, negotiated several days ago. Some are calling this the most important casting of ballots the Icelandic parliament has ever had to undertake. If the agreement is rejected, it could well mean the kiss of death [...]

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