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Libya Looks To Recover Overseas Cash
...rgesse with the aim of garnering support. Post-Qadhafi’s 2011 downfall this has left the LIA with a haphazard portfolio of investments across more than two dozen African countries, mainly in the telecoms, agriculture, mining and hotel sectors. The move against the four countries – Rwanda, Chad, Za...
Volume: 58Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2015 -
Jordan Taps Bumper Aid; IMF Praises Energy Policy
...a downward path. He also said there is a need to implement structural reform geared to job creation, labor market reform and improvement in the business climate. Jordan was badly hurt when the flow of Egyptian gas, which fuelled electricity generation in the kingdom, was severely reduced after the 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 32Published at Fri, 07 Aug 2015 -
Algeria Ducks Decisive Action With Supplementary 2015 Budget
...14 trade surplus of $4.3bn was already the lowest since 1998 and compares to a surplus of over $20bn for 2011 and 2012 (see graph). Forex reserves fell to $159.9bn at end-March 2015, down from $178.9bn at end-December 2014, according to Algerian Customs. In the revised budget, Algeria has lo...
Volume: 58Issue: 31Published at Fri, 31 Jul 2015 -
Saudi Taps Domestic Market For $4bn Amid Soaring Deficit
...12 2011 Revenue 747 715 1046 -331 -30.4 1131 1239 1110 o/w Oi...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
Iran Fronts Syria $1Bn
...pport to Syria has been essential since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, which began in early 2011. It continues to offer a lifeline of economic support in the form of oil supplies and credit. In 2014 Iran’s oil deliveries to Syria ranged between 50,000 b/d and 70,000 b/d, probably free of charge (ME...
Volume: 58Issue: 29Published at Fri, 17 Jul 2015 -
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 -
Egypt Taps Bond Market For First Issue In Five Years
...ability to the country after the Arab Spring uprising of early 2011 which shut out Egypt from the international debt market. The last time Egypt dipped in the international debt market was in April 2010 with the launch of a $1.5bn Eurobond. Egypt’s growth prospects began to improve after President Ab...
Volume: 58Issue: 24Published at Fri, 12 Jun 2015 -
Egypt’s Deficit Up
...balances after the January 2011 revolution (including $3bn grants from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in addition to E£20.3bn out of the E£29.7bn allocated to finance the first stimulus package), it did not have the same inflow in the corresponding period of 2014-15. If these exceptional inflows were to be ex...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
Libya Could Run Out Of Cash Sooner Rather Than Later
...ports of refined products. Public salaries dropped slightly from LD25.6bn in 2013 to LD23.8bn in 2014, but this was still more than 60% higher than the LD14.8bn the government spent on salaries in 2011. The drop in the oil price is likely to mean the government’s subsidies bill falls in 2015, but if the ad...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
Bahrain 2015-16 Budget Deficit Soars
...ice exceeds $40/B. Four GCC countries, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and Qatar set up in 2011 a Gulf development fund to disburse $10bn in grants over 10 years to finance Bahraini projects. This aid will be extremely timely in these hard times of low oil revenue (MEES, 1 March 2013). BAHRAIN BU...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
IMF Warns Qatar Of Budget Deficit
...dition, expenditure growth could be further restrained if energy subsidies are reduced. Qatar does not disclose details of allocation for energy subsidies, but the IMF has estimated them at 3.5% of GDP in 2011. It adds that water subsidies may also be sizable, “as water consumption rates and technical lo...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
After Iran’s Nuclear Deal, Economic Reforms Are A Must
...th exports and production to pre-sanctions levels in just a matter of months, once sanctions are lifted. Iranian oil exports have been running at an average of 1.2mn b/d over the past six months, down from just over 2.5mn b/d in 2011 – pre-sanctions. Iranian crude oil production meanwhile has av...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
Egypt’s Economy: Still A Long Road To Recovery
...3% in 2016. It expects general government debt to “decline gradually to less than 90% of GDP during 2015-16.” Debt peaked at 90.5% of GDP in 2013-14, according to IMF figures, up from 77% before the 2011 ‘Revolution’. Egypt is targeting a doubling of foreign direct investment (FDI) for the cu...
Volume: 58Issue: 16Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015 -
Egypt Issues $1.5Bn Eurobond Mandate
...ternational market. The planned Eurobond issue will test the market for future borrowing, given Egypt’s absence from the debt market since the January 2011 revolution which overthrew the Husni Mubarak regime. The last time Egypt dipped into the international market was in April 2010 with the launch of a $1....
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Jordan Slashes 2014 Budget Deficit
...d Japan. Jordan’s economy is also under strain, due to the influx of around 1.4mn Syrian refugees, who have fled their war torn-country after the start of the uprising in early 2011. Jordan estimates the cost of looking after these refugees at $3bn in 2015 (see column). Jordan’s public debt st...
Volume: 58Issue: 14Published at Fri, 03 Apr 2015 -
Egypt Outlines 2015-16 Budget Guidelines
...s increased to 25% of the overall budget needs to be trimmed, adding that this increase was the result of the introduction of the minimum wage in the public sector as of the current year, normal salary increases and requests for adjustments pending since 2011. ...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Qatar’s Spending Spree Set To Continue
...ioritization of projects, if state entities fail to do so. This decision, according to Mr Emadi, reflects the government’s commitment to press on with its sustained development drive, focusing on the implementation of major projects in health, education, infrastructure and transport under the 2011-16 na...
Volume: 58Issue: 13Published at Fri, 27 Mar 2015 -
Egypt Open For Business With $175Bn Of Deals Signed At Development Conference
...ch of these will be split 50/50 between cash deposits at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and project investments. Fresh CBE deposits will help boost Egypt’s foreign exchange reserves, which stood at $15.5bn at the end of February, down by more than half since the January 2011 revolution. Mr Sa...
Volume: 58Issue: 12Published at Fri, 20 Mar 2015 -
Egypt Seeks Growth At Sharm El-Shaikh Conference
...stability following the February 2011 ouster of Husni Mubarak. Foreign direct investment has yet to recover. Egypt will use the conference to showcase its “Sustainable Development Strategy 2030” as well as its 2014-19 economic and social reform plan, which includes new legislation to attract investors to...
Volume: 58Issue: 10Published at Fri, 06 Mar 2015