Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson, economist in the Bank's Economic and Monetary Policy Department, presented a forthcoming working paper by himself and Karen Á. Vignisdóttir on households' financial position in the run-up to and aftermath of Iceland's financial crisis. The presentation was given at the Spring Meeting of Young Economists held in Mannheim, Germany.

Tjörvi used the following slides in his presentation, which was given in English: 

Households' position in the financial crisis in Iceland. Analysis based on a nationwide household-level database. Þorvarður Tjörvi Ólafsson (joint work with Karen Á. Vignisdóttur) - SMYE 27. apríl 2012. pdf