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			<title><![CDATA[Icelandic economy to grow by 1.9% in 2013 and 2.7% in 2014]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9950</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Icelandic economy is predicted to grow by 1.9% in 2013 and by 2.7% in 2014. Private consumption is expected to grow 2.5% in 2013 while investment will contract by 2.3%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The financial net worth of households increased by 7.5% between 2010 and 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9934</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland publishes the financial stocks data for Iceland for the first time. According to the main results, the total financial assets of all the resident sectors of the Icelandic economy (including non-financial and financial corporations, households and general government) stood at 21.301 billion ISK at the end of 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Update of figures on central government accounts postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9839</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Update of figures on central government accounts, cash basis and its financial stocks position in January 2013 has been postponed until 20. March.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government was 3.4% of GDP in 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9592</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2012, the financial balance of the general government was 58.5 billion ISK in deficit or 3.4% of GDP, which can be compared with a deficit of 5.6% of GDP for 2011. The reduced deficit in 2012 can be explained by 8% increase in revenue and 2.9% increase in expenditure.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The government finances slowly recovering]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the 4th quarter of 2012, the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to a deficit of 33.5 billion ISK or 7.7% of the GDP in that quarter.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1.6% growth in GDP in 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9772</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now the first provisional annual national accounts for 2012. The present figures show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 1.6% in real terms. In 2011, GDP increased by 2.9% but decreased by 4.1% in 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GDP increased by 1.4% in 4th quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9780</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, non-seasonally adjusted estimates indicate a year over year (YOY) increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 1.4% for the 4th quarter of 2012. Total domestic final expenditure decreased by 2.6%. Household final consumption increased by 2.7% and govern-ment final consumption increased by 0.5%, while gross fixed capital formation decreased by 23% over the same period.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 3rd quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9817</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance (or net lending/borrowing) of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) was 8.4 billion ISK in deficit in the 3rd quarter of 2012 or 1.9% of quarterly GDP and 4.5% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 3rd quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8895</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, non-seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first nine months of 2012 increased by 2% compared with the same period of 2011. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Icelandic economy to grow 2.7% in 2012 and 2.5% in 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9322</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An economic forecast released today predicts that the Icelandic economy will grow by 2.7% in 2012 and 2.5% in 2013. Growth in private consumption and investment will continue in 2012 and the following years. Public consumption remains nearly constant during 2012 through 2014.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9249</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector has increased by 9.6% in 2011 from the previous year. Disposable income per capita has increased by 9.3 % from 2010 to 2011 and purchasing power per capita by 5.1%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Calculation of the average operational cost per student in all primary schools]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8827</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The average operational cost per student in primary schools in 2012 turned out to be 1,350,053 krona and the increase in the weighted average price level from 2011 until September 2012 was estimated at around 4.6%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 2nd quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8803</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance (or net lending/borrowing) of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) was 12.3 billion ISK in deficit in the 2nd quarter of 2012 or 2.9% of quarterly GDP and 6.7% of general government total revenue. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8899</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2011, the financial balance of the general government was 88.5 billion ISK in deficit or 5.4% of GDP, which can be compared with a deficit of 10% of GDP for 2010 or deficit of 6.5% if called guarantees are excluded.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GDP increased by 2.4% for the first six months of 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8797</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, non-seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first six months of 2012 increased by 2.4% compared with the same period of 2011. Total domestic final expenditure increased by 4.2%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2.6% growth in GDP in 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8799</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The revised annual national accounts for 2011 show a 2.6% increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms. In 2010, GDP decreased by 4% and by 6.6% in 2009.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Icelandic economy to grow 2.8% in 2012 and 2.7% in 2013]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9181</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Icelandic economy is predicted to grow 2.8% in 2012 and 2.7% in 2013. Growth in private consumption and investment will continue in 2012 and the following years. Contraction of public consumption has stopped, but growth is almost non-existent.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland closed from 16 July through 6 August]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9194</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to summer vacations, Statistics Iceland will be closed from 16 July through 6 August. Therefore, the dates of previously announced releases in the period have been changed accordingly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 1st quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8713</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 1st quarter of 2012 the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 8.1 billion ISK in deficit or 1.9% of quarterly GDP and 4.6% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 1st quarter 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8709</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 1st quarter of 2012 increased by 2.4% from the previous quarter. Household final consumption increased by 0.3% and government final consumption increased by 0.4%. Gross fixed capital formation decreased by 18.6%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Economic forecast, summer 2012 to be issued July 5, 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9180</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The summer 2012 Economic forecast will be published on the 5th of July.  This publication date is a new addition to Statistics Iceland release calendar.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Changed release date for short term indicators in April]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9100</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Figures for short term indicators in April will not be updated on Good Friday, 6 April, as indicated on the advance release calendar, but a week later, 13 April.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Icelandic economy predicted to grow by 2.6% in 2012]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=9106</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An economic forecast released today predicts that the Icelandic economy will grow by 2.6% in 2012 and by 2.5% in 2013. Growth in private consumption and investments will continue in 2012 and the following years. Public consumption will remain nearly constant for the years 2012 through 2014 and grow slowly from 2015.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2011, preliminary accounts]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8607</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The general government total expenditure amounted to 46.1% of GDP in 2011 compared with 51.6% in 2010 and 51.0% in 2009. By excluding called guarantees, the total expenditure in 2011 increased by 0.6% of GDP. Around 26.6% of GDP was spent on the three largest expenditure functions, i.e. health, education and social protection.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 4th quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8609</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 29 billion ISK in deficit or 7% of the GDP in that quarter.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 4th quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8603</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP  in the 4th quarter of 2011 increased by 1.9% from the previous quarter. Household final consumption increased by 1.6%. Gross fixed capital formation increased by 27.5% and government final consumption decreased by 0.1%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[3.1% growth in GDP in 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=8605</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now the first provisional annual national accounts for 2011. The present figures show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 3.1% in real terms. In 2010, GDP decreased by 4% and by 6.8% in 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 3rd quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5612</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 3rd quarter of 2011 the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 19 billion ISK in deficit or 4.6% of the GDP in that quarter and 10.6% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 3rd quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5611</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, GDP for the first nine months of 2011 increased by 3.7% compared with the same period of 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economic forecast, winter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=6097</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Icelandic economy is predicted to grow by 2.6% in 2011, and by 2.4% in 2012. Growth in private consumption and investments will be seen in 2011 and is also expected in the following years, while public consumption will contract during 2011 and 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Expenditure on education in Iceland 1998-2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=6099</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The total education expenditure in Iceland in 2010 amounted to 128.2 billion ISK or 8.3% of GDP. Thereof, the general government expenditure was 116.7 billion ISK or 91.0% of the total and the private expenditure 11.5 billion ISK or 9.0% of the total. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=6075</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector has decreased by 8.2% in 2010 from the previous year. Disposable income per capita has decreased by 7.9 % from 2009 to 2010 and purchasing power per capita by 12.6%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5554</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2010, the financial balance of the general government was 155 billion ISK in deficit or 10.1% of GDP, which can be compared with a deficit of 10% of GDP for 2009. These unfavorable results can be explained by a drastic decrease in revenue due to a 11% fall in GDP in 2009-2010 in real terms.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 2nd quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5553</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government  was 23.6 billion ISK in deficit in the 2nd quarter of 2011 or 5.9% of quarterly GDP and 14.4% of general government total revenue. The outcome improved a little compared to the 2nd quarter 2010 but is worse than in the 1st quarter 2011 when it was 17 billion ISK in deficit.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2010 - Revision]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5551</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The revised annual national accounts for 2010 show a 4% decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms. In 2009, GDP decreased by 6.7% but grew at a rate of 1.3% 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 2nd quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5552</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms GDP for the first six months of 2011 increased by 2.5% compared with the same period of 2010. In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2011 decreased by 2.8% from the previous quarter]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economic forecast, summer 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=6040</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new issue of Statistical Series, presenting the economic forecast for 2011-2016, is now available. The forecast predicts that the Icelandic economy will grow by 2.5% in 2011 and by 3.1% in 2012. Growth in private consumption and investments will be seen in 2011 and the following years, while public consumption will contract during 2011 and 2012.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 1st quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5500</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 1st quarter of 2011, the financial balance of the general government amounted to 13.3 billion ISK in deficit or 3.5% of quarterly GDP and 8.2% of general government total revenue. This can be compared with 20.7 billion ISK in deficit in the 1st quarter of 2010 or 5.6% of GDP in that quarter. The deficit has not been less since the third quarter of 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 1st quarter 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5499</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 1st quarter of 2011 increased by 2.0% from the previous quarter. Household final consumption decreased by 1.6% and gross fixed capital formation decreased by 6.8%. Government final consumption increased by 0.1%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economic forecast 2011-2016]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5930</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new economic forecast released today assumes that the Icelandic Economy will grow by 2.3% in 2011, and by 2.9% in 2012.  Private consumption and investment will start to increase during the period, but public consumption will continue to decrease in the next years. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General Government Finances 2010, preliminary figures. Correction]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5962</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The central government finances 2010, preliminary figures, published on March 9th and 14th 2011 have be revised due to central government&#8217;s called guarantees of amount 22.5 billion ISK at end of 2010 that had not been included.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2010, preliminary accounts]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5440</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The general government total expenditure amounted to 48.6% of GDP in 2010 compared with 51.0% in 2009 and 57.6% in 2008. Around 23.6% of GDP was spent on the three largest expenditure functions, i.e. health, education and social protection.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 4th quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5438</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 4th quarter of 2010 the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 31 billion ISK in deficit or 8% of the GDP and 19% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5436</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now the first provisional annual national accounts for 2010. The present figures show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 3.5% in real terms. In 2009, GDP decreased by 6.9% but grew at a rate of 1.4% 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 4th quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5437</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP  in the 4th quarter of 2010 decreased by 1.5% from the previous quarter. During the same period total domestic expenditure increased by 1.6%. Household final consumption increased by 1.6%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts, 3rd quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4993</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 26 billion ISK in deficit or 6.6% of the GDP and 15.8% of general government total revenue in the 3rd quarter 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 3rd quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4992</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 3rd quarter of 2010 increased by 1.2% from the previous quarter. During the same period total domestic expenditure increased by 4.2%. Household final consumption increased by 3.8%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economic forecast 2010-2015 - revision]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5276</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new issue of Statistical Series, presenting a revised Economic forecast for 2010-2015, is available. The forecast predicts that the Icelandic Economy will contract by 3% in 2010, but grow by almost 2% in 2011.  There seems to be little contraction in private consumption during 2010, but an increase is predicted for the following years. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sector accounts 2000-2007]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5344</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An issue on sector accounts 2000-2007 for Iceland in the Statistical Series, due for release Tuesday, 23d November 2010, has been postponed to 2011. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Publication on sector accounts postponed]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5381</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An issue on sector accounts for Iceland in the Statistical Series, due for release 29 November 2010, has been postponed until 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government revenues 1998-2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5143</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The general government total revenue increased from 35.4% of GDP in 1980 to 48.0% in 2006 when it peaked. Following the financial crises it fell down to 40.9% of GDP in 2009, similar to 1998. The central government revenue developed in a similar way, from 28.3% of GDP in 1980 to 35.3% in 2006 and then down to 29.5% in 2009.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5304</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector has decreased by 5.4% in 2009 from the previous year. Disposable income per capita has decreased by 5.3 % from 2008 to 2009 and purchasing power by capita by 15.5%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remarks on seasonal adjustment and national accounts results in September 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5349</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seasonally adjusted data do not affect the annual GDP results, but show how the GDP is distributed over quarters. Evaluating quarterly national accounts figures, it is important that both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted data are considered.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Average cost per pupil in compulsory schools 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4881</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The average operational cost per student in primary schools in 2009 turned out to be 1,198,757 krona and the increase in the weighted average price level from 2009 until September 2010 was estimated at around 1.0%]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4863</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2009, the financial balance of the general government was 149 billion ISK in deficit or 9.9% of GDP, which can be compared with a deficit of 13.5% of GDP for 2008 (or 0.6% of GDP excluding the 192 billion ISK debt assumption) and a surplus of 5.4% for 2007. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts, 2nd quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4858</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 2nd quarter of 2010 the financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 30 billion ISK in deficit or 8.0% of quarterly GDP and 18.6% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2009 - Revision]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4856</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The revised annual national accounts for 2009 show a 6.8% decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms. In the provisional data from March 2010 GDP was estimated to have decreased by 6.5%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 2nd quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4857</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2010 decreased by 3.1% from the previous quarter. Over the same period total domestic expendi¬ture decreased by 7.4%. Household final consumption decreased by 3.2% and gross fixed capital formation by 4.7%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economic forecast 2010-2015]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5275</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A new economic forecast released today assumes that the contraction will come to a close in Iceland during 2010 and a gradual recovery will start. However, 2010 is still going to show a contraction of 2.9% in GDP. Positive growth is expected from 2011 and througout the rest of the forecast period, given that private consumption has stabilized and large scale industrial investments start in earnest in 2011.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts, 1st quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4807</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government in the 1st quarter of 2010 (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments)  amounted to 24,2 billion ISK in deficit or 6.4% of quarterly GDP and 14.8% of general government total revenue. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 1st quarter 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4805</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 1st quarter of 2010 increased by 0.6% from the previous quarter. Over the same period total domestic expenditure increased by 1.3%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts 2009, preliminary accounts]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4741</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The general government net financial assets, i.e. the financial assets less liabilities, were negative by 615 billion ISK in 2009 or 41% of GDP. The deterioration from 2008 is 322 billion ISK or 22% of GDP.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government accounts, 4th quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4742</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government (CG), social security funds (SSF) and local governments (LG)) amounted to 43.5 billion ISK in deficit compared with 14 billion ISK deficit in the 4th quarter of 2008 (excluding the central government debt assumption of 192 billion ISK in 2008). ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4739</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009 decreased by 6.5% in real terms, a record in the Icelandic national accounts. In 2008, GDP grew at a rate of 1% and 6% in 2007.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 4th quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4740</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland now releases a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the 4th quarter of 2009. In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 4th quarter of 2009 increased by 3.3% from the previous quarter.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government outlays by functions 1998-2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=5149</link>
			<description><![CDATA[General government outlays have increased by nearly 11 percent of GDP from the beginning of the eighties, or from 34.1% of GDP in 1980 to 44.8% of GDP in 2008. Central government&#8217;s (CG) outlays have increased from 27.5% to 32.2% of GDP and local governments&#8217; outlays from 7.1% to 14.0% of GDP in 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 3rd quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3762</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 33 billion ISK in deficit or 8.4% of the GDP in the 3rd quarter and 20.4% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 3rd quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3763</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 3rd quarter of 2009 decreased from the preceding period by 5.7% in real, seasonally adjusted terms. At the same time, total domestic expenditure de-creased by 2.1% in real terms.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Revision in household disposable income for 2000-2007]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=4426</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has now revised its estimate of household disposable income for the period 2000-2007 that was last published on 7th September. These revisions are based on new information on interest income on individuals&#8217; bank deposits during this time.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Average cost per pupil in compulsory schools 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3761</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The average operational cost per student in primary schools in 2008 turned out to be 1,148,768 krona and the increase in the weighted average price level from 2008 until September 2009 was estimated at around 7.9%]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3759</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the financial balance of the general government was 200 billion ISK in deficit or 13.6% of GDP, which can be compared with a surplus of 5.4% of GDP for 2007 and 6.3% for 2006. The central government debt assumption of 192.2 billion ISK explains largely this large deficit in 2008.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3760</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector has increased by 18% from 2007 to 2008. Disposable income per capita has increased by 15.1% and purchasing power by capita by 2.4%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 2nd quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3758</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the main indicators on Government Finances in the 2nd quarter of 2009. The financial balance of the general government amounted to 45 billion ISK in deficit or 12% of quarterly GDP and 30% of general government total revenue. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2008 - Revision]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3756</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has now released a revision of the annual national accounts for 2007. The figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 amounting to 1,476 billion ISK. In real terms, GDP grew at a rate of 1.3% after 5.6% growth in the year before.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 2nd quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3757</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland now releases a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2nd quarter of 2009. In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2009 decreased by 2.0% from the previous quarter. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 1st quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3754</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government amounted to 24 billion ISK in deficit or 6.9% of quarterly GDP and 15.7% of general government total revenue. This can be compared with a surplus of 5.5% of quarterly GDP and 10.9% of general government total revenue in the 1st quarter of 2008. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 1st quarter 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3755</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 1st quarter of 2009 decreased by 3.6% from the previous quarter. Over the same period total domestic expenditure decreased by 3.3% in real terms, where household final consumption increased by 1.7% but gross fixed capital formation decreased by 31.3%.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2008, preliminary results]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The general government net financial asset, i.e. the financial assets less liabilities, was negative by 301 billion ISK in 2008 or 20.5% of GDP. The deterioration from 2007 is 312 billion ISK or 21.4% of GDP. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 4th quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3752</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The financial balance of the general government (i.e. the central government, the social security funds and the local governments) amounted to 17 billion ISK in deficit or 1.2% of GDP and 10.9% of general government total revenue. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3750</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 amounting to 1,465 billion ISK. In real terms, GDP grew at a rate of 0.3% after 5.5% growth in the year before.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 4th quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3751</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms, seasonally adjusted GDP in the 4th quarter of 2008 decreased by 0.9% from the previous quarter. Over the same period total domestic expenditure decreased by 14.0% in real terms.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 3rd quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2958</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 3rd quarter 2008 the financial balance of the general government amounted to 15 billion ISK in deficit or 1.1% of GDP and 9.7% of general government total revenue. This can be compared with a surplus of 1.3% of GDP and 10,8% of general government total revenue in the 3rd quarter of 2007. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 3rd quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2957</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In real terms the GDP decreased by 0.8% from the same quarter of the previous year. Total domestic expenditure decreased by 9.7% in real terms in the 3rd quarter of 2008 as compared to the same quarter of 2007. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Expenditure on education in Iceland 1998-2007]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2956</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The total education expenditure in Iceland in 2007 amounted to 106.4 billion ISK or 8.2% of GDP. Thereof, the general government expenditure was 96.3 billion ISK or 90.5% of the total and the private expenditure 10.1 billion ISK or 9.5% of the total.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Average cost per pupil in compulsory schools 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2954</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has calculated the average operational cost per student in all primary schools that are run by local governments.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2955</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector has increased by 13,1% from 2006 to 2007. Disposable income per capita has increased by 10,5% and purchasing power by capita by 5.3%. The households&#8217; total income rose by 15,4% and total expenditure (i.e. property expenditure and current transfers paid) by 19.1%.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[General government finances 2007]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2953</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the general government finances in 2007 and its main focus is on the general government. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 2nd quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2952</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the main indicators on Government Finances in the 1st quarter of 2008. In that quarter, the financial balance of general government showed a deficit of 1.9 billion ISK or 0.1% of GDP and 1.2% of general government total revenue. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product 2007 - Revision]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2950</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has now released a revision of the annual national accounts for 2007. The figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007, amounting to 1,293 billion ISK. In real terms, GDP grew at a rate of 4.9% after a 4.4% growth in the year before.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 2nd quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2951</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland has now released a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the 2nd quarter of 2008. In real terms the GDP grew by 5% from the same quarter of the previous year.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly government accounts, 1st quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2949</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the main indicators on Government Finances in the 1st quarter of 2008. In that quarter, the financial balance of the general government amounted to 16.2 billion ISK in surplus or 1.2% of GDP and 10.2% of general government total revenue.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quarterly national accounts, 1st quarter 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=2948</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Statistics Iceland releases now a new issue of Statistical Series. This issue presents the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 1st quarter of 2008. In real terms the GDP grew by 1.1% from the same quarter of the previous year. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector 2006]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=3331</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Disposable income of the household sector is seen to have increased by 18.7% from 2005 to 2006. Disposable income per capita has increased 15.4% and purchasing power by capita by 8%. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National accounts - production approach 1997-2000]]></title>
			<link>http://statice.is/?PageID=444&amp;NewsID=1144</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
Statistics Iceland has released figures on GDP for the 
period 1997-2000 based on the production approach. Figures are presented both at 
current and constant prices and as volume indices. The ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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