Iceland­ic Eco­nom­ic Weekly: 15 Au­gust 2022

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)