Presentation on lessons from households‘ experience with financial liberalisation and crisis
Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Iceland, gave a presentation at a conference held by Lund University, the Research Council of Norway, and the Norwegian National Institute for Consumer Research at the Pufendorf Institute in Lund. The title of the conference was Consumption, Credit, Health and Welfare but Thorvardur Tjörvi’s presentation was part of a session on Financialisation and Welfare – A Nordic Perspective.
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Minutes of the MPC
Here are the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland from the meeting held on 6 and 12 May. There, the Committee discussed economic and financial market developments, the interest rate decision on 13 May, and the communication of that decision.
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“There is nothing new except what is forgotten” – presentation on the history of monetary issues
Last week Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Iceland, gave a presentation on the history of monetary issues in Iceland at a SWIFT meeting in Reykjavik.
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Governor’s speech at the IIEA in Dublin
Central Bank of Iceland Governor Már Guðmundsson gave a speech on the financial crisis and its aftermath in Iceland, including a comparison with other countries and the lessons that can be learned from Iceland’s experience, at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin, Ireland, on 27 April 2015.
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IMF mission visit to Iceland 7 - 20 May 2015
A mission from the International Monetary Fund led by Peter Dohlman has today completed a two week visit to Iceland. This visit is part of the sixth Post-Program Monitoring of Iceland´s Stand-By Arrangement, which was concluded in August 2011. Meetings were held with the authorities, members of Parliament, private sector and labor market representatives. A report on the mission‘s findings will be published following a discussion in the Executive Board of the Fund.
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