Talk:Economy of Iceland

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Contents 1 HID index out of place in the first sentence? 2 Fair use rationale for Image:ISK 100 note.jpg 3 Fair use rationale for Image:ISK 100 note.jpg 4 Recent Events for Iceland 4.1 new section

[edit] HID index out of place in the first sentence?

Might the HID index in the first sentence be out of place, when it's not specifically economic, but includes all of these:

Life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.

The economy of Iceland is small but well-developed (most developed in the world according to United Nations Human Development Index), with a gross domestic product estimated at US $ 12.172 billion (132nd of 227 countries) in 2005 (and a per capita GDP of $40,277, which is among the world's highest.) Doesn't have a nice flow.

Wouldn't GDP per capita or similar index be a more correct purely economically?

--212.242.32.164 (talk) 12:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ISK 100 note.jpg

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BetacommandBot 23:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ISK 100 note.jpg

Image:ISK 100 note.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 10:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Events for Iceland

412%? 712%? Really? The UK is pleased with 2%, and is slightly worried about the current rate. This seems very unlikely. Larklight (talk) 20:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

removed it for now.

"Iceland's economy continued to grow at a rapid pace in 2006, reaching an estimated rate of 412%. This brisk increase followed two earlier years of 712% growth per annum. The healthy gain was mainly based on investment in a 690-MW hydropower project at Kárahnjúkar, in the northeastern mountain region, and an aluminum plant built by Alcoa at Reyðarfjörður on the east coast. These two projects cost $3 billion–$3.5 billion over the construction period of three years and were to be completed in 2007, by which time the economy was expected to have slowed down. By February 2006 the exchange rate and share prices had fallen sharply in the wake of overheating of the economy and turbulence in the currency market. Share prices, however, recovered their loss in the latter half of the year." Larklight (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] new section

I would expect a service / hospitality / tourism section in this article, as that is a major component of the economy. Turidoth (talk) 05:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I believe that tourism and hospitality are less important to the Icelandic economy than say information technology. I'm not sure we need information about tourism on this page. OliAtlason (talk) 00:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)