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Overview – Low oil output in the Gulf will constrain GDP growth over the first half of this year. But as this reverses, growth will pick up and by more than most expect. Elsewhere in Middle East and North Africa, external financial support has mostly …
25th March 2024
Overview – Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa will strengthen a little in 2024 but is likely to come in well below consensus expectations. OPEC+’s cautious approach to oil policy will keep a lid on economic growth in the Gulf over the …
13th December 2023
Overview – After a sharp slowdown this year, GDP growth across the Middle East and North Africa will improve in 2024 as OPEC+ starts to raise its output quotas and high oil prices allow the Gulf economies to keep fiscal policy supportive. Outside of the …
25th September 2023
Overview – Economic growth across the region will be much weaker this year than last and our forecasts are generally below the consensus. We think regional growth will come in at just 1.4%, one of the weakest rates in the past two decades. The latest …
21st June 2023
Note: Join our 6 th April online briefing all about the risks to EMs from banking turmoil. Register now . Overview – Growth across the Middle East and North Africa is set to slow sharply, and by more than most expect, in 2023. IMF deals will help to …
30th March 2023
Click here to read the full report. Overview – Growth across the Middle East and North Africa is set to slow sharply, and by more than most expect, next year. Oil output cuts will weigh on the Gulf even as fiscal policy stays loose. And while IMF deals …
13th December 2022
Download the full report here . Overview – The Gulf states will continue to lead the pack, but growth is set to slow next year by more than we had previously expected due to oil output cuts. In North Africa, balance of payments strains should ease, and …
21st October 2022
Overview – The spillovers from the war in Ukraine are driving a divergence in the region’s outlook. Higher oil output and looser policy will drive above-consensus GDP growth in the Gulf this year and next. Elsewhere, though, external and debt problems …
21st July 2022
Overview – The Gulf economies will be major beneficiaries from higher energy prices and our growth forecasts sit far above the consensus. Outside the Gulf, higher inflation and tighter fiscal policy will weigh on growth, while balance sheet problems are …
25th April 2022
Overview – The recovery across the Middle East and North Africa is likely to gather pace this year, due in large part to the Gulf where rising oil output will cause GDP growth to pick up to rates well above current consensus expectations. Recoveries …
25th January 2022
Overview – Economic recoveries in the Gulf will continue to gather pace over the coming year on the back of successful vaccine rollouts and higher oil output, and our GDP growth forecasts lie above the consensus. Outside the Gulf, though, recoveries are …
19th October 2021
Overview – Strong COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in most of the Gulf and Morocco mean that remaining virus restrictions should be lifted by the end of this year, providing a boost to recoveries that, in the Gulf, will be turbo-charged by the recent OPEC+ deal …
21st July 2021
Overview – A strong vaccine rollout in the Gulf, particularly in the UAE and Bahrain, and Morocco should mean that containment measures are eased soon, paving the way for sustained economic recoveries. But the rest of the region will lag behind, …
27th April 2021
Overview – A rapid roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, combined with rising oil production and higher oil prices, will support a quick recovery this year in the Gulf economies. But other parts of the Middle East and North Africa are likely to take longer to …
20th January 2021
Overview – The economies of the Middle East and North Africa have continued to recover in recent months but, while the Gulf countries seem to have the virus under control, low oil prices mean that fiscal consolidation will continue to hold back growth. In …
21st October 2020
Overview – Oil production cuts, fiscal austerity, the continued spread of the virus, and weakness in key tourism sectors will hold back economic recoveries across the Middle East and North Africa. It will be one of the worst performing EM regions over the …
28th July 2020
Overview – Efforts to contain the coronavirus mean that the economies of the Middle East and North Africa will suffer their steepest downturn this year since the early 1980s. Draconian social distancing measures and travel restrictions are likely to have …
28th April 2020
Overview – Fears about the coronavirus outbreak have weighed on oil prices and clouded the near-term outlook for the Gulf countries. Lower oil prices and a possible deepening of oil production cuts will act as a headwind to growth in early 2020. But even …
5th February 2020
Overview – The region is set to record its second-lowest growth rate this decade in 2019 and, while a recovery is likely to take hold in 2020, it will be slow going. The drag on the Gulf economies from this year’s oil production cuts will fade, but this …
24th October 2019
Overview – The regional slowdown at the start of this year has further to run. This will continue to be led by the Gulf countries, where the drag from oil output cuts will intensify and low oil prices will prompt fresh fiscal austerity. Elsewhere, balance …
15th July 2019
