Kuwait
Economy
We now see the OPEC Basket averaging US$96.50/bbl this year, with upside risks even to this figure (with the commodity having averaged US$99.04/bbl year-to-date at the time of writing)....
2008-05-30Economy
As we went to print, Kuwait's prime minister Nasser Muhammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah was on the verge of announcing his new cabinet, which looks set to be more representative than the last,...
2008-05-28Political Risk
Increased Sunni-Shi'a tensions will add to the stagnation in the Kuwaiti parliamentary process, but should not pose any serious threat to overall security and stability.
2008-05-27Economy
BMI View: We have revised our real GDP growth forecasts up for 2008-2012, on the back of another quarter of stellar oil prices. We see government spending driving overall expansion...
2008-05-23Economy
BMI View: We continue to forecast strong growth amidst abundant liquidity, government spending, investment, consumer spending and net exports.
2008-05-06Economy
BMI View: The UAE looks set to be the hardest hit by infrastructural shortages, but all of the GCC states (barring Qatar) are lacking the necessary power supply: with the cost of...
2008-05-01Economy
We are forecasting an aggregate real GDP growth rate of 5.9% this year, both for the Gulf region (including Iran, Iraq and Yemen), and for the GCC. Next year the GCC will maintain...
2008-04-04Economy
BMI View: The dollar reversal the GCC authorities have been praying for looks as remote as ever this morning, and we are now looking at a serious deterioration in the business environment,...
2008-03-17
