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		      <title>Iceland</title>
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		      <description><![CDATA[www.oecd.org/iceland is a one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on Iceland. Browse the documents in chronological order or by topic (e.g. economy, trade, development, environment, energy, social issues).]]></description>
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		      <pubDate>Mon Oct 19 18:04:42 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Iceland: The financial and economic crisis]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/eco-wkp(2009)66]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[The global financial and economic crisis has struck Iceland with extreme force. Iceland’s three main banks, accounting for almost all of the banking system, failed in October 2008. They were unable to resist the deterioration in global financial markets following the failure of Lehman Brothers.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Iceland: Challenging times for monetary and fiscal policies]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/eco-wkp(2009)67]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[Monetary and fiscal policies face huge challenges: the banking sector has collapsed; the economy is in the midst of a deep recession; the exchange rate has plunged; capital flows have been frozen; inflation is elevated; public debt has risen; source of revenues have disappeared; social needs have increased; and the unemployment insurance fund has been nearly depleted.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Economic Survey of Iceland 2009]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Iceland has entered its deepest recession in decades following the collapse of its major banks. They had pursued risky strategies, making them vulnerable in the global financial crisis. The authorities have adopted a stabilisation programme supported by an IMF Stand-By Arrangement. The crisis has highlighted the need to improve prudential supervision and the potential advantages of joining the euro area, which would enable Iceland to share the benefits of the ECB’s credibility. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Sep 02 12:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Iceland Compare]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/21/40905007.pdf]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[Total health spending accounted for 9.3% of GDP in Iceland in 2007, above the OECD average of 8.9%.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jul 01 00:01:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD Economic Outlook No. 85 - Iceland]]></title>
							         <link><![CDATA[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/6/16/20212577.pdf]]></link>
							         <description><![CDATA[Summary of economic developments and projections for Iceland taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jun 24 10:55:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Bermuda signs eight new tax information agreements]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Bermuda has signed 8 new tax information exchange agreements, with 7 Nordic economies – Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands, and with New Zealand, bringing to 11 the number of such agreements it has entered into.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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