2008 Icelandic financial crisis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_Icelandic_financial_crisis

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	economic crisis
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:affectedIndustry	banking finance real economy
gptkbp:cause	collapse of Iceland's major commercial banks
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Icelandic_króna
gptkbp:endDate	2011
gptkbp:governmentResponse	capital controls bank nationalization seeking IMF loan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2008 Icelandic financial crisis
gptkbp:IMFProgram	gptkb:Stand-By_Arrangement
gptkbp:impact	political instability unemployment increase public debt increase GDP contraction international legal disputes currency controls loss of savings for many citizens loss of trust in financial system
gptkbp:mainBankInvolved	gptkb:Kaupthing_Bank gptkb:Landsbanki gptkb:Glitnir
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	international domestic
gptkbp:notableEvent	capital controls imposed emergency nationalization of banks public protests (Kitchenware Revolution)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Guðni_Th._Jóhannesson gptkb:Jóhanna_Sigurðardóttir gptkb:Björgólfur_Guðmundsson gptkb:Björgólfur_Thor_Björgólfsson gptkb:Geir_Haarde gptkb:Hreiðar_Már_Sigurðsson gptkb:Lárus_Welding gptkb:Sigurður_Einarsson gptkb:David_Oddsson Árni Mathiesen
gptkbp:relatedEvent	2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests Icesave referendum
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	Emergency Act of 2008
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Icesave_dispute gptkb:2007–2008_global_financial_crisis
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:public_policy protests in Iceland devaluation of the Icelandic króna IMF assistance resignation of the Icelandic government severe economic depression in Iceland
gptkbp:startDate	2008
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kitchenware_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7