Economy
Kenya
BMI View: We are fairly upbeat on Kenya's growth prospects over 2008-2017, forecasting annual real GDP growth of 4.6% by 2012 and 3.6% by 2017. Key supporting factors will be its...
2008-07-02Congo, Dem. Rep.
On the back of ongoing increases in commodity prices (in particular metals) and FDI inflows, we have increased our real GDP growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009 to 9.9% and 12.3% respectively...
2008-07-01Kenya
BMI View: Kenya's finance minister, Amos Kimunya, in June delivered the 2008-2009 budget speech, in which he offered an improved public healthcare system. For the financial year...
2008-07-01Uganda
Uganda witnessed its largest annual inflation growth reading in over two years, posting CPI growth of 12.4% y-o-y, up from 11.2% y-o-y the previous month. This reading - the highest...
2008-07-01Djibouti
We see Djibouti running an ongoing current account deficit equal to 0.2% of GDP in 2008 and declining to 0.1% of GDP by 2012, as the country traditionally has little except salt to...
2008-06-30Sudan
BMI View: We expect inflation to enter the double digits in Sudan in 2008, driven by food price rises and fiscal laxity. Moreover, the central bank will find it difficult to rein...
2008-06-27Sudan
BMI View: We are forecasting real GDP growth in Sudan of 7.9% in 2008, followed by an even faster 8.4% in 2009. While growth in the oil economy looks set to slow, we expect the non-oil...
2008-06-27Tanzania
May inflation declined to 9.1% y-o-y from 9.7% y-o-y in April. Food inflation fell 0.6% m-o-m, while non-food inflation, particularly 'fuel, power and water', rose 1.2% m-o-m and...
2008-06-25
