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Lebanon’s $2Bn Issue Meets Limited Market Appetite
...GDP in 2011 allow the country to be relatively insulated from geopolitical developments. It adds that Lebanon has never defaulted on its debt servicing, despite serious political and economic shocks. Confidence in the Lebanese pound remains strong, as conservative bank regulations have enabled the Ce...
Volume: 55Issue: 52Published at Fri, 21 Dec 2012 -
Egypt At the Crossroads: A MEES Special Report On Egypt’s Economy And Politics
...v) $26.6bn $35.2bn GDP (annual % change) +3.3 (Q2)* +1.8 (2011)* +5.1 Industrial Production (% chg on year) -4.4 (Se...
Volume: 55Issue: 51Published at Fri, 14 Dec 2012 -
Damascus Fighting Strains Syria’s Frail Economy
...ovide the necessary services and utilities for its own people. Last week Damascus faced the worst power cuts since the beginning of the revolt in March 2011, with reported outages of seven to nine hours per day. Officials from the ministry of electricity have blamed the power shortages on “sa...
Volume: 55Issue: 50Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2012 -
Iran’s NDF Holds $43Bn In Reserves
...mpany (IOOC) with $1.5bn through to August 2013 to help it boost production by 175,000 b/d (MEES, 23 November). NDF was established in 2011 under the aegis of the fifth five-year development plan (2010-15) with the aim of transforming oil and gas revenue into productive investments for future ge...
Volume: 55Issue: 50Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2012 -
EBRD Makes Initial Egyptian Investment
...2011’s political upheavals with the aim of kick-starting post Arab Spring investment (MEES, 28 May). In September the EBRD announced its first investments in in Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco as part of plans to allocate €200mn by the end of 2012. Regional investments are slated to climb to as...
Volume: 55Issue: 50Published at Fri, 07 Dec 2012 -
Oman Announces Record 2013 Budget
...presenting 15% of revenue and 5% of GDP, up from the projected deficit of OR1.2bn ($3.12bn) in 2012. The budget was drawn up in line with the objectives of the eighth five-year development plan 2011-15, Mr Balushi noted. The minister explained that while the 29% increase in expenditure will be a record le...
Volume: 55Issue: 49Published at Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -
Egypt And IMF Agree Terms For $4.8Bn Loan
...EGYPT Egypt And IMF Agree Terms For $4.8Bn Loan By Basim Itayim Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on a 22-month standby arrangement (SBA) for $4.8bn. Under negotiation since June 2011, the SBA will support th...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
Kuwait 2012-13 Budget Maintains Record Spending
...ojected to rise by 47.1% over the previous year. The higher expenditure in the new budget comes on the back of an even larger increase of 19.2% in 2011-12 (MEES, 15 August 2011). Record public expenditure, and a failure to push economic reforms, prompted the former governor of the Central Bank of...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
Bahrain Unveils 2013-14 Draft Budget
...13 and BD3.543bn for 2014. The resulting deficits are estimated to be BD657mn for 2013 and BD753mn for 2014. Total revenue for 2013-14 will rise by 20.3% over 2011-12, while total expenditure for 2013-14 will increase by 12.8% over the two previous years. Announcing the budget figures, the Un...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
UK Treasury Renews Restrictions Against Iranian Banks
...IRAN UK Treasury Renews Restrictions Against Iranian Banks The UK Treasury on 21 November renewed its financial restrictions against Iranian banks, which have been in force from 21 November 2011, but ceased to have effect after the lapse of one year. It said all UK cr...
Volume: 55Issue: 48Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2012 -
Sudan Rebuffs IMF Austerity Recommendations
...ficit which primarily came about as a result of Sudan losing some 75% of its oil revenues to the South when it seceded in July 2011. The deficit was estimated at around $2.4bn in June this year. Yet despite these measures, the IMF has urged the authorities in Sudan to continue along this same path and cu...
Volume: 55Issue: 47Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2012 -
UAE Issues 2012 Supplementary Budget
...e budget announced in October 2011, while total revenue will increase by Dh3.7bn ($1bn) to Dh45.1bn ($12.3bn) from Dh41.4bn ($11.3bn). The resulting deficit will now stand at Dh1bn ($272mn), compared to Dh400mn ($109mn) in the original budget (MEES, 17 October 2011). According to the de...
Volume: 55Issue: 47Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2012 -
IMF Sees Solid Economic Performance In Algeria
...at the fiscal balance is expected to deteriorate to 3.7% of GDP, weighted by the full effect of wage increases and back payments. It points out that “vulnerability to hydrocarbon prices has constantly increased, with the breakeven price reaching $121/B in 2012.” Unemployment was stable at 10% in 2011...
Volume: 55Issue: 47Published at Fri, 16 Nov 2012 -
EBRD: SME Growth Crucial For New Arab Democracies
...tential of SMEs,” he continued. The Deauville partnership was established at the G8 meeting in May 2011 under the French Presidency, as a response by the international community to political changes in some countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It comprises the G8 co...
Volume: 55Issue: 46Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2012 -
UAE Allocates 51% Of 2013 Budget To Social Spending
...ble). Announcing the new budget UAE Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Shaikh Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktum said that the 2013 budget is the last part of a three-year financial plan of Dh133bn ($36.2bn) covering the period 2011-13. The three-year budget, announced in November 2010, was intended to ac...
Volume: 55Issue: 46Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2012 -
IMF: Hydrocarbon Dependence Leaves GCC Exposed
...OIL PRICES IMF: Hydrocarbon Dependence Leaves GCC Exposed Though overall real economic growth for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is projected to rise yet again this year relative to 2011, heavy dependence on their respective hydrocarbon se...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Syria’s Budget Deficit Set To Double For 2013
...expenditure to S£1,383bn. The budget deficit will rise more than twofold to S£749bn from S£335bn in 2012. But this comparison in budget numbers does not take into account the depreciation in the value of the Syrian pound which has lost about half its value (from $1=S£47 in March 2011 to $1=S£69.6 cu...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Algerian Export Revenue Up, But Hydrocarbon Dependence Increases
...peats the picture for 2011 when export revenue soared by 26% from $56bn to $72bn on the back of a $32/B rise in the price Algeria realized for its oil exports. This came despite a 4% fall in domestic hydrocarbon production and rapidly rising domestic consumption. But super-reliance on hy...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Moody’s Sees Negative Outlook For Lebanese Banking
...ar-end 2011. ...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012 -
Iran’s Inflation Rate Rises To 24%
...leasing its inflation figures, the CBI has to clear them with a government office, the Supreme Council of Statistics (MEES, 11 July 2011). The latest inflation figure is absurdly low, considering that last December the head of parliament’s Research Center, Ahmad Tavakoli, estimated the inflation rate then at...
Volume: 55Issue: 44Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2012