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Letter from IMF Managing Director to Open Civil Meetings, Iceland

November 13,2009

Transcript of a Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director of External Relations, International Monetary Fund

November 6,2009

Iceland -- Iceland: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, October 20, 2009

November 3,2009
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Iceland: Staff Report for First Review under Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Rephasing of Access

November 2,2009
Series: Country Report No. 09/306 

Transcript of a Conference Call on the Completion of the First Review of Iceland’s Stand-By Arrangement with Mark Flanagan, Mission Chief for Iceland, and Franek Rozwadowski, Resident Representative in Iceland

November 2,2009

Press Release: IMF Completes First Review Under Stand-By Arrangement with Iceland, Extends Arrangement, and Approves US$167.5 Million Disbursement

October 28,2009

IMF Survey: Iceland: Quiet Progress on Key Reforms

October 21,2009
A new government has been working with quiet determination to rebuild Iceland’s crisis-hit economy in consultation with the IMF. In an interview, IMF mission chief for Iceland Mark Flanagan talks about how far the country has come since its banking crisis last October.  

Transcript of a Press Briefing by Mr. David Hawley, Senior Advisor, External Relations Department, IMF

September 10,2009

Iceland Press Release 2009/1

August 4,2009

Transcript of a Press Briefing by Caroline Atkinson, Director, External Relations, IMF

July 30,2009

Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission to Iceland

May 29,2009

IMF responds to foreign depositors in Icelandic banks, Letter by Mark Flanagan, IMF Mission Chief for Iceland

March 17,2009

Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission to Iceland

March 13,2009

IMF Survey: IMF Backs Iceland As It Struggles with Uncertainty

February 24,2009
The IMF is helping Iceland recover from the financial crisis. The IMF's new mission chief for Iceland, Mark Flanagan, looks at the economic challenges ahead, explains what role the IMF is playing in the restructuring of Iceland's banks, and how its money is being used. 

Iceland: Stand-By Arrangement - Interim Review Under the Emergency Financing Mechanism

February 12,2009
Series: Country Report No. 09/52 

IMF Survey: IMF Helping Counter Crisis Fallout in Emerging Europe

January 14,2009
The financial crisis has hit Europe hard. In an interview, IMF European Department head Marek Belka talks about Europe's prospects for recovery and the principles that guide the Fund as it seeks to help Europe's emerging economies counter the fallout of the crisis. 

IMF Survey:

January 6,2009
Global financial crisis, Iceland, Poul Thomsen, IMF work program, IMF Shocks Facility, Kyrgyz Republic; Malawi; Exogenous Shocks Facility, Pakistan loan, IMF and social safety nets, gains against poverty in jeopardy, commodity prices slump, Latin America withstands shocks, Improved policies help Latin America, Asian Regional Outlook, Bosnia and Herzegovina, news briefs PDF File Size: 362Kb 

Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission to Iceland

December 18,2008

Iceland: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update

December 8,2008
Series: Country Report No. 08/368 

Iceland: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Iceland

December 8,2008
Series: Country Report No. 08/367 

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