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Intro -- Table of contents -- Basic statistics of Iceland, 2014 -- Executive summary -- Main findings -- Iceland's economic prospects are good, but capital controls and wage increases are key challenges -- Output has recovered -- Fiscal policy has become more sustainable, but contingent liabilities...

Figure 10. Well-being is high in Iceland -- Figure 11. Productivity developments in Iceland -- Improving product market regulation -- Figure 12. Barriers to entrepreneurship is relatively restrictive in areas -- Figure 13. Firm creation has slowly recovered and bankruptcies increased -- Harnessing c...

Monetary policy after the removal of capital controls -- Figure 1.9. Icelandic inflation has generally been high -- Figure 1.10. Macroeconomic outcomes have been comparatively volatile -- Figure 1.11. Inflation is sensitive to fluctuations in the króna exchange rate -- Figure 1.12. Domestic foreign...

Figure 2.2. Marine products are shrinking as a share of exports -- Regulation is uneven -- Figure 2.3. Product market regulation -- Barriers to entry -- Figure 2.4. Barriers to entry are somewhat more restrictive than the OECD average -- Foreign direct investment -- Regulatory burdens should be redu...