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How is consumer credit market regulation relevant to Reykjavik Energy's actual debt load...

Perhaps the idea is to give consumers relief and, by so doing, to drive home the idea that similar or related action with respect to Reykjavik Energy would be in the interest of all Icelanders.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jun 19th, 2010 at 12:17:36 PM EST
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...not a perfect world, one's government works to provide constituents essential services at the lowest cost simply because that's possible. Note, in the linked PR, one campaign promise that residents expect the coalition to fulfill is deeper discount of Reykjavik Energy services --power, water, sewer, ICT-- for low-income HHs.

Terms of interest-bearing loans and borrowings, 1.1 - 3.31, 2010 (p23)

Liabilities in foreign currencies (000s) Maturity Avg rate (%) Carrying Amt
CHF 2036 0.68 41.374.276
EUR 2032 1.21 79.251.840
USD 2030 0.88 49.790.476
JPY 2036 0.60 21.577.367
GBP 2036 1.58 7.7839.928
SEK 2027 0.71 14.186.483
      213.964.370
Liabilities in ISK (000s)      
Indexed 2037 4.97 22.071.506
Non-indexed 2010 11.45 1.271.303
      23.342.810

10% of Reykjavik Energy debt is denominated in ISK, of which 94% is FX-adjustable rate. I'd be guessing, that 22 super-size paid for island CRE craters, say, 2004-2008. Or vig, depending. In any event, it would be difficult even for the best comedian to squeeze a bathos from this pimple on corporate privileges which the city manager and shareholder-ratepayers (cf "guarantee fee to owners") have enjoyed. Depends. I'd want to know how much retail rates fluctuated 2008 to the present and what proportion was attributed to uh capital expenses.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Jun 20th, 2010 at 01:33:47 AM EST
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