Annual Report 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Contents 3 I Objectives and policy 5 II Monetary policy 9 III Financial stability 13 IV Foreign reserves 17 V Treasury debt management 23 VI International cooperation 25 VII Special activities 27 VIII Accounts and organisation 35 Consolidated Annual Accounts 2010 Appendices 59 Establishment of the Central Bank of Iceland – background 60 Highlights from the history of the Central Bank 63 Press releases 2010 65 Publications by the Central Bank of Iceland 2010 67 Speeches 2010 69 Economic and monetary chronicle 2010 91 Tables Supervisory Board and senior officers of the Central Bank of Iceland (photo taken 29 March 2011). From left: Friðrik Már Baldursson; Hildur Traustadóttir; Anna Ólafsdóttir Björnsson; Már Guðmundsson, Governor; Ragnar Árnason; Lára V. Júlíusdóttir, Chairman of the Supervisory Board; Ingibjörg Ingvadóttir; Arnór Sighvatsson, Deputy Governor; Björn Herbert Guðbjörnsson, and Jón Þ. Sigurgeirsson, Secretary of the Supervisory Board. Further information about the Su- pervisory Board and senior management of the Central Bank of Iceland can be found on page 32 of this Annual Report. Published by: The Central Bank of Iceland, Kalkofnsvegur 1, 150 Reykjavík, Iceland. Tel: (+354) 569 9600, fax: (+354) 569 9605 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.sedlabanki.is Printing: Ísafoldarprentsmiðja Reykjavík 2011 ISSN 0559-2712 Symbols: * Preliminary or estimated data. 0 Less than half of the unit used. - Nil. ... Not available. Not applicable. I Objectives and policy As is stated in the Act on the Central Bank of Iceland (Act no. 36/2001, with subsequent amendments), the principal objective of monetary policy is to promote price stability.