Gulf on course to outperform

The latest batch of PMI data from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) suggest that while the oil-rich Gulf economies have lost some steam they are still comfortably outperforming their resource-poor neighbours. We expect this “twin speed” pattern of regional growth to persist in 2013.

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