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Economy / Congo, Dem. Rep.
In a televised announcement on Radiotélévision nationale congolaise (RTNC), the government confirmed that petrol prices would be raised across the country. The latest adjustment would see the price for one litre of fuel jump from CDF970.0 to CDF895.0 - an increase of just under 8.4%. Secretary General of the Economy Boniface Mawatadi attributed the move to the ongoing depreciation...
2010-02-02Economy / Uganda
At the time of writing, Minister of Energy and Minerals Development Hilary Onek was preparing to brief the Ugandan parliament on the government's dealings with international oil...
2010-02-02Economy / Congo, Dem. Rep.
Following a recapitalisation by the IMF and other development partners in September 2009, the Banque Centrale du Congo's (BCC) reserves now stand at US$875mn. Given that we expect...
2010-02-02Economy / Lebanon
Political paralysis has continued to stand in the way of reform in Lebanon, with little having been achieved since the formation of the government in November. The country has learned to function without the aid of government to a remarkable degree, and has achieved considerable economic success over the last two years, given the challenging circumstances both locally and on a...
2010-02-03Economy / Israel
The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% in Q309, from 7.7% in Q209. Although real GDP growth returned to positive territory in Q209, the Q409 unemployment figure could be higher still...
2010-01-28Economy / Israel
In January, Yossi Peled, a reserve army general and minister without portfolio in the Israeli cabinet, stated that he believed a repeat of the 2006 war with Hizbullah was likely....
2010-01-28Economy / Libya
The government has reportedly forced two newspapers owned by the al-Ghad media group to suspend publication. The move follows the forced takeover of a television station owned by...
2010-02-01Economy / Tunisia
A Tunisian judge has shot down the appeal of jailed journalist and vocal regime critic Taoufik Ben Brik, who claims his six-month prison sentence for assault is politically motivated....
2010-02-01Economy / Namibia
We continue to see average consumer price inflation of 6.0% y-o-y in 2010, down considerably from the 9.0% figure recorded in 2009. Although y-o-y inflation actually accelerated from 6.7% in November to 7.0% in December, the m-o-m price index fell by 0.1%, suggesting that the overall trend in price growth is still downward. Despite our expectations of a moderate increase in consumption...
2010-02-03Economy / Angola
With oil prices holding up at around US$75.00, and demand for Angola's crude oil still strong, we expect the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) to continue building reserves over the...
2010-02-03Economy / Madagascar
Opposition groups have accused President Andry Rajoelina of behaving like a dictator and cracking down on the opposition following the collapse of various power-sharing deals. For...
2010-02-03Economy / Iran
The Iranian rial is fundamentally overvalued. As a result, we believe that there are significant risks of a one-time, sharp devaluation of the unit at some point over the coming years. That said, predicting the timing of such a move is not possible, and for the purposes of our macroeconomic modelling, our core scenario is for the rial to steadily weaken against the dollar over...
2010-02-08Political Risk / Iraq
With clear choices between religious and secular/nationalist parties in March's parliamentary elections, the results will demonstrate how strongly Iraqis desire the relationship between...
2010-02-01Economy / Iran
On the back of our relatively bullish oil price forecasts - we see the OPEC Basket averaging US$83/bbl and US$85/bbl in 2010 and 2011 respectively - Iran's current account balance...
2010-01-29Economy / Ghana
Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor revealed in late January that the Ghanaian authorities are considering setting up a sovereign wealth fund to channel surplus revenues from oil production....
2010-01-28Economy / Gabon
As part of a new government drive to improve efficiency in the Gabonese economy, in early January workers gave up their traditional two-hour lunch breaks. Under a government ruling,...
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