Iceland: Crisis? What crisis?

When Fitch put Iceland on a negative rating outlook in February the country was facing a heavy current account deficit as well as an asset price and credit bubble. But the banks and politicians think that it was all a misunderstanding. Laurence Neville reports.

Iceland’s financial supervisory authority: Tight supervision

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Iceland’s finance minister: What went wrong and what comes next

ICELAND UNDENIABLY EXPERIENCED a financial crisis earlier this year. A revision of its long-term sovereign rating outlook to negative by Fitch Ratings on February 22 prompted the krona to fall by more than 20% and spreads on sovereign and bank debt ballooned. Iceland’s leading politicians and bankers were required to step up and reassure investors that the country wasn’t in meltdown.

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