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"The reason is the rising cost of imported supplies following the collapse of the Icelandic krona, " said the report.

South Africa, a huge exporter of platinum and gold, has seen its currency fall further than any other this year except the Icelandic krona .

H& M's margins have taken a hit this year from record-high cotton prices and a strong Swedish krona.

Whether the krona will continue to display haven characteristics if the eurozone crisis deteriorates further has yet to be tested.

Krona restaurant with its beautiful environment, natural furnish and superior service let you experience choice of western cuisine.

"For every krona we put into the bank, we wanted the same influence, " Mr.

The British pound, Swedish krona, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar are also trading well above their burger benchmark.

The decline of the dollar has also hit the company, which reports results in Danish krona.

The Icelandic government has introduced emergency measures to try to limit the outflow of foreign currency to protect the faltering krona.

Amid the chaos, it tried pegging the local currency, the krona, to a basket of currencies but abandoned that tack after barely a day.

The weak krona, meanwhile, has increased the cost of repaying government bonds that were issued in foreign currency.

This triggered a sovereign debt downgrade and a sharp further fall in the already depreciated krona.

The failure of banks in Iceland resulted in a devaluation of the Icelandic Krona and threatened the country with bankruptcy.

The report adds that the main underperformers during 2011 have been the high-beta Swedish krona and Canadian dollar alongside the euro.

The krona has depreciated against the euro this year, contributing to a rise in inflation.

The Icelandic krona's freeze in the capital markets had now spilled over into the day- to- day transactions of Icelanders abroad .

Meanwhile the krona fell to ridiculous lows offshore, while domestic trading of the currency ceased.

The European currencies are faring well and the strongest are the euro, Swiss franc and Norwegian krona.

Just about everything but fish is imported here, so the plummeting krona has caused prices of cars and food and furniture to rise rapidly.

The government had been trying all the means to devalue the krona against major Western currencies.

With the krona on life support, cool heads will be needed to stop the debate splitting the country.

The krona has weakened by 22 per cent against the euro so far this year.

This time the most conspicuous victim has been the Icelandic krona.

Because of this and their foreign-currency exposure, many households' debts have doubled in krona terms.

Foreign investors fled, pounding the country's currency, the krona.

The halving of the dollar value of the Icelandic krona at the height of the crisis pushed inflation as high as 18. 6%.

The Icelandic krona is the official currency of Iceland.

But the euro, the Korean won and the Swedish krona have also weakened by more than 6% against the dollar, and the yen has fallen by 7. 6%.

Their 100 krona note depicts 18th century Icelandic scholar Arni Magnusson.

A vain effort to defend Sweden's currency, the krona , caused overnight interest rates to spike at one point to 500 percent.

The creation of more Icelandic krona would just push down the exchange rate.

Audur contributed 100 million krona ($775, 000) to start the fund.

Sweden may also have benefited from not using the euro: a krona devaluation last year helped exports.