Economics
Iceland Tests Hedge Funds as Showdown With Creditors Arrives
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Iceland will this week tell hedge funds and other creditors in its failed banks how their claims can be settled.
The government has designed a model to protect the krona from any jolts that might result from a capital outflow as currency controls are relaxed to enable repayment. The next step is to find out whether the creditors will accept the deal.