20 September 2021 - Landsbankinn
Last week’s highlights
- The general government deficit was 8.6% of GDP in 2020 and 11.1% of GDP in Q2 2021.
- Statistics Iceland published Tourism short-term indicators.
- The CBI released international reserves and payment intermediation for August.
The week ahead
- On Tuesday, Registers Iceland will publish the housing price index for the capital region.
- On Thursday, Statistics Iceland will publish the results of its monthly labour force survey.
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