Iceland: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2005/366, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper for Iceland reports that it faces a considerably less favorable inflation-output variability trade-off than do Canada or the United States. A number of measures should be considered that could help minimize the cost of inflation breaching the tolerance band and help to lower the probability of such events occurring. To effectively target inflation, central banks need to be forward looking, responding early to prospective demand pressures. Having housing prices explicitly in the target ensures that the central bank will monitor developments in the housing market closely.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; Iceland; mortgage market; consumption expenditure; Icelandic firm; inflation-output variability tradeoff; leverage ratio; consumption goods; excess demand pressure; rises in step; Mortgages; Inflation; Housing; Commercial banks; Housing prices; Western Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69
Date: 2005-10-14
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