18 October 2021 - Landsbankinn
108,000 foreign passengers departed via Keflavík Airport in September.
Last week’s highlights
- 108,000 foreign passengers departed via Keflavík Airport in September.
- The Iceland Chamber of Commerce published its quarterly The Icelandic Economy report.
- The Iceland Tourism Board published Tourism in Iceland Figures for summer 2021.
The week ahead
- On Tuesday, Registers Iceland publishes the housing price index for the capital region.
- On Wednesday, the CBI releases the minutes of the last meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.
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