Iceland's Viking Victory: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Iceland's Viking Victory: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Congratulations to Iceland.

Fitch has upgraded the country to investment grade BBB – with stable outlook, expecting government debt to peak at 100pc of GDP.

The OECD's latest forecast said growth will be 2.4pc this year, after 2.9pc in 2011.

Unemployment will fall from 7pc last year to 6.1pc this year and then 5.3pc in 2013.

The current account deficit was 11.2pc in 2010. It will shrink to 3.4pc this year, and will be almost disappear next year.

This story appeared in The Telegraph yesterday...and is worth skimming.  I thank Roy Stephens for sending it along...and the link is here.