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IMF Slams GCC
...d have yet to “fully recover” from the 2014 slump in oil prices. Average public debt for Mena oil exporters soared from 13% of GDP in 2013 to 33% for 2018; for oil importers the figure is 85%, Ms Lagarde says. “Fiscal deficits are only slowly declining despite significant reforms on both the sp...
Volume: 62Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2019 -
Will 2018 Be A Boon Year For Middle Eastern IPOs?
...The Middle East IPO market dried up after oil prices fell in H2 2014. But the urgent need to generate new revenue means the sustained oil price slump is now the key driver of energy sector privatization plans across the region. After several torrid years, the Middle East IPO market st...
Volume: 61Issue: 07Published at Fri, 16 Feb 2018 -
S&P Downgrades GCC Ratings On Back Of Tumbling Oil Prices
...AN: GDP CRUNCH S&P lowered its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Oman to BBB- from BBB+, indicating moderate risk. The agency projects that the Sultanate’s “GDP per capita will fall to $14,600 in 2016 from $20,500 in 2014, while the annual average increase in...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Iran Sets Out FDI Strategy As Foreign Cash Starts To Trickle In
...urced from abroad, given the crash in oil prices. Revenue from Iran’s petrochemical exports is second only to oil export revenue. State-owned National Petrochemical Company (NPC) expects to steadily raise output of petrochemical products, from 44mn tons for 2014-15, to 47mn tons in the current Ir...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
King Salman’s Social Package: A Likely Economic Stimulant
...if fiscal performance significantly weakens. The ratings could come under pressure if domestic or regional events compromised political and economic stability. The ratings agency adds that while in December 2014 it expected Brent oil prices to average $80/B in 2015 and $85/B in 2015-18, it now as...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Egypt’s Economy Begins To Turn The Corner
...Sharm al-Shaikh. Egypt is expecting to attract sizeable foreign direct investment at the event, to boost its ailing economy. With the successful implementation of these policies and confidence in recovery, the IMF is projecting growth to reach 3.8% in 2014-15, and edge up to 5% over the medium-te...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Morocco Advances Subsidy Reform
...with an earlier 2012 PLL, the Moroccan authorities say they intend to treat this arrangement as precautionary, and have no plans to draw on it, unless the country experiences actual balance of payments needs from a deterioration of external conditions. Morocco’s fiscal deficit fell in 2014 to 4....
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
Egypt: New UAE-Fueled Stimulus Package
...r this purpose was signed by the SFD and the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation. A source at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said last month that Egypt will return a further $3bn to Qatar by the end of 2014 - $500mn in October and $2.5bn in November. This would then reduce Qatar’s ai...
Volume: 57Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014 -
Budget Ratification Boosts Rohani’s Prospects
...eakeven for 2014 (MEES, 11 October). When Mr Rohani first presented his budget to parliament on 8 December, he said that it aimed to curb recurrent spending and focus on capital investment. The general budget allocates IR200 trillion ($8bn) for development, with priority for the completion of semi-fi...
Volume: 57Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014 -
IMF Visits Tehran
...ntraction to diminish in the second half of the year, so that the full year decline in GDP is 1-2%. The IMF also points out that 12-month inflation has dropped rapidly from about 45% in July 2013 to below 30% by end-year. Optimistically it adds that inflation could fall to 20-25% by March 2014. Lo...
Volume: 57Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014 -
IMF Says Morocco’s 2012 Growth Slows To 3.2%
...ocks, in coordination with other macroeconomic and structural policies. Morocco: Selected Economic Indicators, 2010–18 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014...
Volume: 56Issue: 07Published at Fri, 15 Feb 2013