15 March 2021 - Landsbankinn
Last week’s highlights
- The GDM released its monthly Market Information report.
- Registered unemployment was 12.5% in February; 1.1 pp of that figure is due to part-time claims.
- A total of 3,000 foreign visitors travelled through Keflavik International Airport in February, a 97.7% decrease YoY.
Icelandair Group released traffic data for February.
The week ahead
- On Tuesday, Registers Iceland will publish the housing price index for the capital region.
Markets and economic overview
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