## Iceland: 2026 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 30, 2026_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 30, 2026
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Volume: 2026
- Pages: 90
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229056380.002

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### Executive summary
- Tight macroeconomic policies have helped slow domestic demand.
- Wage growth and inflation remain elevated, raising concerns about:
  - a de-anchoring of inflation expectations, and
  - erosion of export competitiveness.
- Priorities identified:
  - return inflation to target,
  - strengthen fiscal resilience, and
  - advance productivity‑enhancing reforms to support sustained gains in living standards and enhance resilience to shocks.

### Key findings
- Domestic demand: Tight macroeconomic policies have slowed domestic demand.
- Inflation and wages: Wage growth and inflation remain elevated.
- External competitiveness: Elevated wage growth and inflation risk eroding export competitiveness.
- Inflation expectations: There are concerns about a potential de-anchoring of inflation expectations.

### Policy recommendations
- Monetary and macroeconomic policy:
  - Maintain policies aimed at returning inflation to target to re-anchor inflation expectations.
- Fiscal policy:
  - Strengthen fiscal resilience to better withstand shocks.
- Structural reforms:
  - Advance productivity‑enhancing reforms to support sustained gains in living standards and bolster resilience to shocks.

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Expenditure, Inflation, Labor, Prices, Production, Productivity, Wages
- Keywords: exchange rate, expiration amount, Fund holding, Global, Inflation, inflation expectation, Middle East, Productivity, staff report, Wages

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