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REYKJAVIK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Businesses beyond Iceland's banks began
feeling the sting of the island's financial crisis, as Icelandair said domestic
demand had slumped and a leading publisher said it was closing a newspaper and
cutting jobs.
"Domestic demand has dropped quite dramatically in the past few days due
to the events," Icelandair spokesman Gudjon Arngrimsson said on Friday. "But
demand internationally is up versus last year."
Arngrimsson said some 35 percent of Icelandair's passenger numbers come
from people leaving the country, while 65 percent are from flights to Iceland or
flights which stop over on their way between Europe and North America.
"Of course we are affected (by the crisis), but we're getting decent
traffic from other markets," he said. "We are trying to let the weak crown help
us."
Given the uncertainty, Arngrimsson said it was impossible to predict
whether the company will be profitable this year. Asked about the firm's
liquidity, he said: "Our situation is all right in that regard."
In an another instance of how the financial crisis is affecting
businesses on the island, whose banking system has crumbled over the past few
days, media publisher Morgunbladid said it was cutting jobs and combining some
of its operations with peer 365 Media.
The daily newspaper 24 Stundir, published by Morgunbladid, would cease
publication as of Friday, resulting in 20 jobs being cut, Morgunbladid said on
its Web site.
(Reporting by Brett Young and Omar Valdimarsson; Writing by Niklas Pollard;
Editing by David Holmes)
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Mi era passato per la testa che potessero esserci problemi per Icelandair vista la crisi del Paese. Speriamo bene...
 
L' Islanda è un piccolo Paese che "produce" un' enorme quantità di pesce e ha a disposizione energia geotermica a costo quasi zero.
 
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L' Islanda è un piccolo Paese che "produce" un' enorme quantità di pesce e ha a disposizione energia geotermica a costo quasi zero.
Clicca per espandere...
Scusami se ti contesto il secondo post in questa giornata, ma in realtà la pesca (che a quelle latitudini ha costi di gestione abbastanza elevati) sebbene molto importante, occupa meno del 5% della forza lavoro del Paese. Le fonti energetiche rinnovabili soddisfano un po' meno dei 3/4 del fabbisogno del Paese, risultato ineguagliato da altre nazioni, ma non il 100% (e cio' significa che il resto viene prodotto con dei costi), e comunque esse consentono un risparmio, non un profitto.
Pesca e risparmio energetico difficilmente giustificano i quasi 12 mld di dollari di PIL.
Questa è la seconda grave crisi economica del Paese negli ultimi vent'anni.
 
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...la pesca in islanda è in crisi da anni. i banchi di pesce si sono spostati e ci sono state molte tensioni con i paesi vicini perchè i pescherecci islandesi sconfinavano di continuo in cerca di qualcosa da pescare
 
Given the uncertainty, Arngrimsson said it was impossible to predict
whether the company will be profitable this year. Asked about the firm's
liquidity, he said: "Our situation is all right in that regard."
 
Iceland's Scandinavian-type economy is basically capitalistic, yet with an extensive welfare system (including generous housing subsidies), low unemployment, and remarkably even distribution of income. In the absence of other natural resources (except for abundant geothermal power), the economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides nearly 70% of export earnings and employs 6% of the work force. The economy remains sensitive to declining fish stocks as well as to fluctuations in world prices for its main exports: fish and fish products, aluminum, and ferrosilicon. Government policies include reducing the current account deficit, limiting foreign borrowing, containing inflation, revising agricultural and fishing policies, and diversifying the economy. The government remains opposed to EU membership, primarily because of Icelanders' concern about losing control over their fishing resources. Iceland's economy has been diversifying into manufacturing and service industries in the last decade, and new developments in software production, biotechnology, and financial services are taking place. The tourism sector is also expanding, with the recent trends in ecotourism and whale watching. Since 2000 growth has varied from -1% in 2002 to 8% in 2004. The 2006 closure of the US military base at Keflavik had very little impact on the national economy; Iceland's low unemployment rate aided former base employees in finding alternate employment

da CIA world factbook 2007
 
Per salvare le quattro più importanti banche del paese, il governo si è impegnato per una cifra pari a 20 il proprio PIL annuo!
Hanno bloccato i depositi dei cittadini esteri, la valuta locale si è svalutata di circa il 50%, ...sono sull'orlo del baratro!
 
Mi raccontava un signore che è andato in Islanda l'anno scorso, che è vero che gli impianti di riscaldamento utilizzano l'energia geotermica, ma l'acqua utilizzata è altamente corrosiva e devono essere sottoposti a pesantissima manutenzione ogni 7-8 anni.
 
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