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Capital controls are always wrong – also in Iceland
I have long had a interest in the Icelandic economy and my views on the Icelandic boom-bust are well know. Iceland has come quite well through the crisis – and there is a moderate recovery underway in...
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Dubai, Iceland, Baltics – can David Eagle explain the bubbles?
It’s Sunday night in Copenhagen and I have just returned from a trip to Dubai. I should really write a long post about Dubai, but I will keep it short. Dubai really reminded me of Iceland – in the...
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Boom, bust and bubbles
Recently it has gotten quite a bit of attention that some investors believe that there is a bubble in the Chinese property market and we will be heading for a bust soon and the fact that I recently...
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Reykjavik here I come – so let me tell you about Singapore
As I am writing this I am getting ready to fly to Iceland. Iceland is a country that have had massive impact on my thinking and on my professional life over the last 6 years so it is always with a bit...
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Was the Geyser crisis caused by a negative supply shock?
I am writing this while having a small break between meetings and interviews in Reykjavik. It has been a great day, but also a busy day in Iceland’s capital for me. Today’s meetings and talks have been...
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Re-visiting Iceland – Options for monetary and currency reform in Iceland
Earlier this week I re-visited Iceland on the invitation of the Icelandic bank Islandsbanki. I had been invited to give a presentation on the topic of “Options for monetary and currency reform in...
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The Euro – A Monetary Strangulation Mechanism
In my previous post I claimed that the ‘Greek crisis’ essentially is not about Greece, but rather that the crisis is a symptom of a bigger problem namely the euro itself. Furthermore, I claimed that...
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Icelandic monetary policy has become too easy – Sedlabanki is (rightly)...
Yesterday the Icelandic central bank Sedlabanki hiked its key policy rate by 50bp to 5.50%. The hike was fully expected by the markets and is the second hike this year. I don’t have much time to write...
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My continued love affair with Iceland and my column in Fréttablaðið
I have since September been writing a weekly column in the Icelandic daily Fréttablaðið. Obviously most of my regular readers of this blog do not read Icelandic (neither do I), but I am sure Google...
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Iceland moves to abolish capital and currency controls
Some very, very good news out of Iceland. This is from a press release from the Icelandic Ministry of Finance: Individuals’ and companies’ freedom to transfer funds to and from Iceland and to carry out...
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