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Algeria Faces Record $14bn Trade Deficit
...14 2015(a) 2015(b) $bn % 2014 2013 2012 2011 Imports 51...
Volume: 58Issue: 48Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015 -
Lebanese Politicians Pass Essential Financial Laws
...oductive cabinet. LEBANON: KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS -IMF 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 est. 2016 est. 2017 est. GDP Gr...
Volume: 58Issue: 47Published at Fri, 20 Nov 2015 -
Jordan Budgets For Ambitious 2016 Spending, Revenue Hike
...nefited from project aid from the $5bn GCC development fund set up in December 2011 by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE following the eruption of the Arab Spring, with each country pledging $1.25bn for the kingdom (MEES, 10 May 2013). He notes that this fund has already disbursed JD456mn in 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 46Published at Fri, 13 Nov 2015 -
Oil & Gas Subsidies Costing Saudi 11% Of GDP, Says IMF
...fined products consumption has grown at an average annual rate of 6.3% since 2011. Products exports could shrivel to zero by 2022, the IMF says. Though recent refinery expansions boosted Saudi Arabia’s refined products exports to a record 1.35mn b/d in August (see p11), if domestic demand continues to...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Iran Unveils Stimulus Package To Boost Growth
...a decade, compared to a high of $119bn in 2011-12. But he is optimistic that Iran is getting ready for growth and an economic blossoming with the changing circumstances in the near future. IMF: REFORM A MUST The IMF says that for Iran to benefit from the landmark nuclear deal and the lifting of...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Egypt: New Central Bank Chief Faces Foreign Currency Crisis
...change shortages (MEES, 16 October). Egypt is currently suffering from an acute shortage of foreign currency reserves, which have fallen to $16.3bn at the end of September, down from $36bn at the beginning of the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 (see graph). After managing to hold the official va...
Volume: 58Issue: 43Published at Fri, 23 Oct 2015 -
Egypt: Desperately Seeking Finance
...serves. These reserves, which stood at some $36bn before the 2011 revolution, have fallen to $16.3bn at the end of September, down $1.8bn from the previous month. Egypt needs $10bn for both 2016 and 2017 to meet its “financing needs”, according to IMF regional director Masood Ahmed. He says that th...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015 -
IMF: Reforms Key If Iran To Benefit From Nuclear Deal
...pital could result in upward pressure on the real exchange rate, Mr Cerisola says. Iranian crude oil production is holding at around 2.9mn b/d, down from around 3.6mn b/d in 2011, before US and EU sanctions on the sale of its oil were introduced. But, the IMF warns that “risks to the outlook are si...
Volume: 58Issue: 41Published at Fri, 09 Oct 2015 -
S&P Junks Iraqi Bond
...GDP in 2014. S&P is also projecting public debt to rise to 65% of GDP in 2015-18 from about 39% in 2014. With the collapse in oil prices, the agency expects the current account which had an average surplus of 10% of GDP in 2011-14 to turn to a deficit averaging 3% of GDP in 2015-18. Iraq plans to...
Volume: 58Issue: 37Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2015 -
The Only Way Is Down For Algeria’s Trade Balance
...cord surpluses of over $20bn for 2011 and 2012 (see table). And MEES analysis suggests that the situation is going to get worse with the country on course to rack up a $20bn deficit for the year as a whole. The collapse of Algeria’s trade balance is inevitable given the slump in global oil pr...
Volume: 58Issue: 35Published at Fri, 28 Aug 2015 -
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