Skýrsla Alþjóðagjaldeyrissjóðsins um Kárahnjúkavirkjun

Stjórn Alþjóðagjaldeyrissjóðins rekur í skýrslu sinni (Desember 2008) upphaf þenslu og ójafnvægis í íslensku efnahagslífi til fjárfestinga í álverksmiðjum og tengdum rekstri. Sú þensla sem hófst með fjárfestingum í Kárahnjúkavirkjun og álversfjárfestingunum var haldið við með mikilli einkaneyslu og kynnt undir með auðveldum aðgangi að erlendu lánsfé.

Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors observed that the Icelandic economy is at a difficult turning point. The long economic expansion, initiated by aluminum sector investments, sustained by a boom in private consumption, and fueled by ready access to external financing, contributed to a build-up of macroeconomic imbalances and financial vulnerabilities. With external liquidity constraints binding, economic growth is expected to decline rapidly from unsustainably high levels and inflation to remain well above the central bank’s target, although the current account deficit is likely to narrow.

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