Icelandic Economic Weekly: 15 August 2022

15 August 2022 - Landsbankinn

Around 234,000 foreign passengers departed Iceland via Keflavík International Airport in July, departures in July increased about 1.3% compared to July 2019.

Last week’s highlights

The CBI released the real effective exchange rate based on July prices.
The Icelandic Tourist Board published departures from Keflavík International Airport for July.
The unemployment rate decreased to 3.2% in July, down from 3.3% in June.
Government Debt Management published its monthly market information report.
Skeljungur published Q2 earnings.

The week ahead

On Tuesday, Registers Iceland will release the capital area housing price index for July and the CBI releases payment intermediation data.
On Thursday, Eimskip, Kvika Bank, Síldarvinnslan and VÍS will publish Q2 earnings.

Markets and Economic Overview

Icelandic Economic Weekly 15 August 2022 (PDF)

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