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Kuwait’s Four Year Government Program Gets Little Support
...position-led assembly, only a handful of MPs showed support, rendering the passage of the approximately 30 proposed laws questionable. One law in particular saw almost unanimous opposition – the contentious Debt Law. Kuwait ran a series of eight consecutive budget deficits (see chart) between 2014/15 an...
Volume: 66Issue: 30Published at Fri, 28 Jul 2023 -
KRG Revenues Up But Dire Finances & Political Disputes With Baghdad Linger
...able to pay state employees on time. In communication with Baghdad the KRG says that “from 2014 to 2019, the Federal Government has not provided [the KRG] its financial entitlements, forcing the KRG to find new sources of financing [prepaid debt] and areas of savings to provide for its expenses, in...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Saudi Oil Export Revenues Soar To $31bn For May
...Saudi Arabia is on track for record oil export revenues this year. May’s $31bn was the highest monthly figure since at least 2014. Diesel flows to Europe are on the up. Saudi oil export revenues climbed to a new post-2014 peak of $31bn in May as the energy giant capitalized on high oil pr...
Volume: 65Issue: 30Published at Fri, 29 Jul 2022 -
Oman Cuts Deficit, But Oil Dependence Remains
...til the crash in oil prices in 2014, Oman ran near balanced budgets and only had around $4bn in gross debt, or 5% of GDP. But after four hard years of hard borrowing to cover costs and avoid civil unrest (MEES, 23 November 2018), the IMF projects that Oman will exit the year with $49bn in debt (61% of...
Volume: 62Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2019 -
Iranian Oil Export Revenues Slump 39% In 2013
...port volumes declined steeply by 42% to 1.215mn b/d in 2013 from 2.102mn b/d in 2012, according to OPEC’s 2014 Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB), confirming the detrimental effects of the US and EU-led restrictions placed on Iran’s key oil and banking sectors in mid-2012. The West imposed severe ec...
Volume: 57Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014 -
Sudan Economy Continues To Reel From Southern Amputation
...agged out until early-2014, after the conclusion of the government’s annual meeting with the IMF in late 2013. “An agreement was reached [with Khartoum] in March 2014, and the primary objectives of the staff monitored program are to first of all establish macroeconomic stability, and secondly to place th...
Volume: 57Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014 -
IMF Lauds Saudi Economic Performance, But Warns Spending Is Too High
...sed to 2.7% in May 2014. This largely reflected lower food price inflation, which is largely in line with world trends. The unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia meanwhile fell in 2013, particularly among women. In 2014 growth is projected to rise slightly to 4.6%, driven by strong private sector gr...
Volume: 57Issue: 30Published at Fri, 25 Jul 2014 -
Jordan Bags $500mn Aid
...ported that the US government is to increase its annual economic assistance to Jordan by $340mn as of 2014, raising total US financial aid to the kingdom to $1bn/year. Jordan currently receives $360mn in financial aid and $300mn in military aid. Petra added that the US Congress is expected to ap...
Volume: 56Issue: 30Published at Fri, 26 Jul 2013