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Algeria: Reserves Slump To 12-Year Low, But Country Has Bigger Problems
...Algeria’s foreign reserves stood at just $90bn as of end-May, well under half levels during the 2011-14 years of $100/B-plus crude. The IMF says it expects reserves to fall further to $83bn by end-2018 and below $50bn by end-2020 (see chart). But as the Washington-based institution makes cl...
Volume: 61Issue: 28Published at Fri, 13 Jul 2018 -
Syria’s Ongoing Conflict Inflicts Huge Loss Of $226bn To GDP
...The conflict which has ravaged Syria since 2011 has taken an extraordinary human toll, with more than 400,000 killed and millions displaced. The destruction has also leveled much of the country’s infrastructure, inflicting cumulative GDP losses estimated at $226bn (in 2010 prices) by the end of...
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Kuwait Posts First Deficit In 15 Years
...ending in the new budget is slashed to KD19.2bn, down 9% in nominal terms and 12% in real terms on 2014-15. Meanwhile the country’s crude oil output fell to 2.74mn b/d in June, the lowest since last 2011 (see p8), as a dispute with Saudi Arabia that has shut in fields at the two countries’ shared Ne...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Egypt Squeezes Spending In Bid To Tame Deficit
...) % change vs % chg, real terms vs 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Budget 2014-15 Projection 14-15 Bu...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Production Restarts At DNO Yemen Blocks
...en the growing strength of local workers’ unions in Yemen’s oil and gas sector. In the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring, oil workers have increasingly turned to strike action over the last three years to demand better rights for themselves. Among the companies most recently affected by this is No...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
IFC Invests In ACWA Power To Support MENA Renewables
...one of the world’s largest owners and operators of desalination plants, “have attracted the interest of the IFC.” The IFC began working with ACWA in 2011 in Jordan, where it has 51% of generator CEGCO, and is considering investing with ACWA in Morocco’s 160MW Noor-1 solar project, where co...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
Gulf States Finalize Rescue Package For Egypt
...tar, the key foreign financial backer of the Mursi regime, has been notable by its absence (see table). Regional Aid To Egypt Since 2011 Revolution ($Bn)* Mursi Rule (2012-13) 14.75 Qatar 8 Sa...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013 -
Syria Crisis Drags Down Whole Levant Economy
...e influx of the Syrian refugees, but the balance of trade was in deficit to the tune of 30-40% of GDP, as a result of the Syrian crisis which slowed down transit trade across Syria. With regard to tourism, the number of incoming tourists fell by 24% between 2010 and 2011, by 18% between 2011...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013 -
Iran Slashes Rial’s Official Value In Bid To Unify Exchange Rates
...we include gold reserves,” adding that this “is a gift form the current administration to the next administrations.” IMF figures put Iran’s reserves at $101bn as of the end of 2011 but projected that they had dipped to $89bn by the end of 2012 (see graph). Iran’s Exchange Ra...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013