Spillovers from the war in Gaza and threats of cuts to foreign assistance from the US have thrown the spotlight onto Jordan’s shaky balance of payments and public finances. For now, we think that the dollar peg will remain intact, and a sovereign default will be avoided. But this hinges on the government pushing through a sizeable fiscal squeeze.
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