Fitch affirms Iceland at A with a stable outlook

07.12.18
Fitch affirms Iceland at A with a stable outlook

Today, Fitch Ratings affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at A with a stable outlook. According to the rating agency, this rating balances the economy’s very high income per capita, strong governance, human development and doing business metrics against a high dependence on commodity exports, vulnerability to external shocks and experience of macroeconomic and financial volatility.

The stable outlook reflects balanced risks to the rating. Sustained improvement in the external balance sheet and resilience to external shocks might lead to a positive rating action. Conversely, evidence of overheating in the domestic economy, i.a. through wage-price spirals, inflation overshoots and adverse effects on fiscal, household and corporate balance sheets or excessive capital outflows leading to external imbalances and pressures on the exchange rate might lead to negative rating action.

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Jun 10 2025
Treasury Bonds
New Government bond series

The Icelandic Treasury will issue nine new Government bond series in connection with the settlement of ÍL Fund (formerly the Housing Financing Fund). The following nominal amounts will be issued:

Series:                         ISIN:                           Nominal value:

RIKS 29 0917               IS0000037711             67,000,000,000 kr.

RIKS 34 1016               IS0000037737             60,353,539,382 kr.

RIKS 36 0815               IS0000037729             59,000,000,000 kr.

RIKS 39 1115               IS0000037745             49,000,000,000 kr.

RIKS 41 0815               IS0000037760             50,000,000,000 kr.

RIKS 44 1017               IS0000037778             50,313,049,596 kr.

RIKS 47 1115               IS0000037786             48,000,000,000 kr.

RIKS 50 0915               IS0000037794             47,000,000,000 kr.

RIKB 32 1015               IS0000037752             56,000,000,000 kr.

The Government bonds will be subject to the "General terms and conditions for Icelandic Government bonds" and "Specific terms" for each bond series, which can be accessed on the Government Debt Management website, www.lanamal.is. Issuance in the above-mentioned bond series related to the winding-up of ÍL Fund may be carried out in a manner other than that described in Article 3 of the General terms and conditions for Icelandic Government bonds, dated 5 June 2025.