The whole economy PMIs for August, released today, suggest that a recovery in the Gulf’s non-oil sectors is taking hold. The UAE and Kuwait saw the strongest increases, and non-oil activity in Saudi Arabia also improved, albeit modestly. There were also encouraging signs out of Egypt, where the PMI picked up sharply, but with energy prices rising again this may not be sustained.
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