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1. Icesave
Um Icesave er þessa mola að finna:
AGS segir:
„The need to reassess financing assurances contributed to a delay in the second review. Bilateral program financing from the Nordic countries has been linked to progress towards resolving the Icesave issue. Staff was comfortable that the program was fully financed for the next 12 months, due to a current account surplus in the presence of capital controls. However, the uncertainty introduced by the evolving Icesave negotiations meant that a new assessment of medium-term financing was necessary. It is staff’s assessment that financing assurances are in place: the Icelandic authorities have reaffirmed their intent to reach a settlement and unlock bilateral financing.“
„While the authorities remain committed to an Icesave solution to unlock bilateral program financing, it is possible that wider political barriers in Iceland prove insurmountable. In the event that the bilateral finance under the program is no longer available, the authorities’ economic program would confront a serious challenge in late 2011, when external public debt maturities begin to rise. Coping with this would likely require a considerable re-orientation of policies, including deep fiscal cutbacks. The authorities are aware of the possible challenge and have contingency plans in place, and have committed in the letter of intent to consult with the Fund in the event of this contingency.“
Íslensk stjórnvöld svara:
Iceland has already affirmed in its Letter of Intent dated 15 November 2008 that it is willing to ensure that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands will be reimbursed in respect of deposits of Landsbanki branches in those two countries (up to the Euro 20,887 minimum provided for under Icelandic Law and the EU Deposit Guarantee Directive 90/19/EC). Iceland has also given an assurance that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands will receive the reasonable time value of money, provided that comprehensive agreements are reached. Iceland remains ready to conclude at the earliest convenience the negotiations with the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands regarding a legal and financial settlement of this matter.
2. Gjaldþrot og uppboð eigna einstaklinga
AGS segir:
„The changes would primarily aim at: (i) providing additional debt advisory or mediation tools for debtors to facilitate debt workouts; (ii) providing further incentives to expedite voluntary out-of-court workouts; and (iii) expanding the coverage of debt distressed individuals. The authorities stressed that after these refinements they plan not to introduce any further modifications to the framework and indeed would allow the twice-extended moratorium on foreclosures to expire with no further extensions.“
Stjórnvöld svara:
We emphasize that with this refined framework in place, there will be no further extensions of the moratorium on foreclosures, and we will allow it to expire on schedule at end-October 2010.
3. Fjárlög 2011
AGS segir:
“The government has made significant progress in preparing the budget for 2011. The planned 3 percent of GDP fiscal adjustment can deliver a primary surplus and a reduction in Iceland’s public debt, provided budget implementation stays on track in 2010, and banking sector contingencies are small. Spending reductions are the bulk of the proposed adjustment, and the focus of the work should now be on translating approved administrative reductions into concrete measures.”