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Saudi Economy Contracted In 2023 Amid Oil Price Drop
...7% contraction in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic - largely because in 2020 the sector was coming off a relatively weak previous year. Indeed, it is the sharpest oil-sector contraction in MEES records going back to 2011 (see chart 1). Oil prices softened considerably last year amid strong su...
Volume: 67Issue: 06Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2024 -
Oman Export Revenues Leap 47% To Record $66bn For 2022
...ne 2022. But this proved a temporary blip, with volumes rebounding to 819,000 b/d for September. India took the second highest amount of Omani oil, averaging 85,000 b/d in 2022 – the highest since the record 88,000 b/d set in 2011. However, exports to India fluctuated throughout the year, with In...
Volume: 66Issue: 08Published at Fri, 24 Feb 2023 -
Qatar Export Revenues Fall 30% In 2020
...s current level of 77mn t/y in 2011. The figure is considerably lower than at the height of the collapse precipitated by the oil price slump from late 2014. Then annual revenues bottomed out at $57.3bn in 2016 (see chart 1). However, Qatar has had considerable success in reducing its import tab in...
Volume: 64Issue: 05Published at Fri, 05 Feb 2021 -
Qatar 2019 Trade: Europe No Panacea As Revenues Fall Despite LNG Volume Surge
...ipments of condensate are also imported from Qatar for instance – it is the key one. The biggest increase in volumes appears to have been to the UK. Imports of LNG from Qatar peaked at 21.6mn tons in 2011, but steadily dropped in the ensuing years and reached a 10-year low of 2.9mn tons in 2018. Pr...
Volume: 63Issue: 08Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2020 -
Jordan Plans Tax Hike To Cover Planned 2019 Deficit
...factors outside its control (see chart). The 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ was the turning point as it scared tourists away from the region and saw Syria collapse into civil war, pushing millions of refugees into Jordan and eliminating much of the country’s land-based trade. The rise of the Islamic State in Ir...
Volume: 62Issue: 05Published at Fri, 01 Feb 2019 -
Egypt’s Economy: Looking Shaky Despite Cash Inflows
...nth earlier, the highest level since 2011 (see chart). The central bank says post-devaluation some $11.7bn of foreign currency has flowed into Egyptian banks as well as investment in the local stock market and treasury bills, boosting forex reserves to six months’ import cover. The pound has edged hi...
Volume: 60Issue: 07Published at Fri, 17 Feb 2017 -
Bahrain Raises $600mn Despite Downgrade, Oman Plans Issue
...rch and May to help finance the budget deficit, according to a Reuters report on 19 February. Tunisia, a country in political transition after pioneering the 2011 Arab Spring revolts, is currently engaged in talks with the IMF to negotiate a new credit program worth around $1.7bn (MEES, 19 Fe...
Volume: 59Issue: 08Published at Fri, 26 Feb 2016 -
S&P Downgrades GCC Ratings On Back Of Tumbling Oil Prices
...hrain’s public finances. S&P highlights that public spending has remained elevated since the outbreak of mass civil unrest in 2011, with wages, salaries and subsidies accounting for 72% of spending. Despite Bahrain’s financial woes, however, the agency believes that economic support from neighboring Saudi Ar...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Iran Sets Out FDI Strategy As Foreign Cash Starts To Trickle In
...lay is that Mr Rohani waited for the lifting of international sanctions against Iran on 16 January to unveil the 2016-17 budget the next day (MEES, 22 January). The budget projects oil revenue at $22bn, based on an oil price assumption of $35-40/B; oil revenue hit a record $119bn in 2011 wh...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
The $100bn-Plus Cost Of Syria’s Civil War
...bn. This is almost as large as Syria’s pre-war GDP, the Bank notes in its latest Mena Quarterly Economic Brief. In addition, damage caused by the war to the “capital stock” in Syria between 2011 and 2014 was estimated at $72bn, the World Bank said, quoting a report by the local Syria Center for Po...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
Ministry Claims $60bn Oil Sector Losses
...Syrian oil minister Sulaiman al-Abbas says that the country’s oil and gas sector has suffered “direct and indirect” losses of $60.4bn between 2011 and end-2015. The minister said that oil production from government-controlled areas averaged 9,500 b/d in 2015, just 2.5% of the pre-civil wa...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
Syria’s Economic Hardships Intensify With Fuel Shortage
...ude production from the government-controlled areas slumped to 9,325 b/d in 2014, or a mere 2.4% of 385,000 b/d output before the start of uprising in March 2011. Syria’s imports of crude oil in the first nine months of 2014 were estimated at 124,600 b/d, according to The Syria Report. The tiny oi...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Lebanon Launches ‘Largest Ever’ $2.2Bn Eurobond
...oblems, Lebanon finds itself in the eye of the Middle East storm, as it struggles to cope with the influx of some 1.6mn Syrian refugees (both official and unofficial), who have fled their war-torn country since the start of the uprising in early 2011. Yet despite these external shocks, which slowed GD...
Volume: 58Issue: 09Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2015 -
Egypt’s Economy Begins To Turn The Corner
...EGYPT Egypt’s Economy Begins To Turn The Corner Egypt’s structural and monetary reforms are starting to bear fruit, following four years of political and economic slowdown since the ouster of the Husni Mubarak regime in 2011, the IMF says in its latest Article IV consultation with Eg...
Volume: 58Issue: 07Published at Fri, 13 Feb 2015 -
UAE: Bonds Not Needed
...ending plan, first introduced in 2011 with a total outlay of Dh122bn ($33.2bn), was aimed at achieving sustained growth on a longer time horizon (MEES, 1 November 2013). Latest IMF projections expect UAE real GDP growth to remain firm at 4.5% in 2014, unchanged from 2013 (MEES, 7 February)....
Volume: 57Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2014 -
Algeria’s Trade Surplus Slumps
...sustainable path. Whilst Algeria’s current account remains in surplus the IMF estimates the surplus collapsed to a mere 1.1% of GDP for 2013, down from 6% for 2012 and 9.9% for 2011. Reserves At $194bn The country’s reserves have reached $194bn at the end of December 2013, according to the Governor of th...
Volume: 57Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2014 -
Egypt Banks: Moody’s Wary
...yptian banks is unchanged since the beginning of the political turmoil in the country in January 2011. Moody’s said that although Egypt is heading towards elections, the government remains locked in a confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is backed by ousted president Muhammad Mursi. Mo...
Volume: 57Issue: 09Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2014 -
Saudi Reserves Hit $753Bn But Trade Surplus Falls
...udi economy, notes that the growth in the 2013 reserve accumulation is lower than in 2012 and 2011, a reflection of a 7% decline in oil export revenues and a high appetite for imports which rose 8% in value last year. Looking ahead, Samba is forecasting an increase in foreign assets to $823bn in 20...
Volume: 57Issue: 08Published at Fri, 21 Feb 2014 -
Egypt: New UAE-Fueled Stimulus Package
...d to $3bn. Regional Aid To Egypt Since 2011 ($Bn) Mursi Rule (2012-13) 12.75 Qatar 6 Saudi Arabia 3.75 Li...
Volume: 57Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2014 -
IMF Approves $507Mn Credit To Tunisia
...ternal buffers and foster higher inclusive growth, following the economic difficulties and series of external shocks arising after the 2011 revolution. Protracted Transition Commenting on the release of the second tranche, the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director, Nemat Shafik said that “Tunisia is go...
Volume: 57Issue: 06Published at Fri, 07 Feb 2014