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January 20, 2009: Iceland Predicts Economy Will Contract by Nearly 10 Percent

2009-01-20

The Icelandic finance ministry says the country’s economy is forecast to shrink by 9.6 percent in 2009. In addition, it predicts no growth in 2010. [BBC, 2/2/2009]