Oman

BMI View: Our outlook for the OPEC basket price to average around US$83/bbl in 2010 will bring up oil export revenues from Oman to a y-o-y increase of around 49.1%. Oman's Ministry... 2010-05-18

With the completion of its Founding Congress, the General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU) was established in February, following nearly two years of delays. Fifty Omani trade... 2010-03-23

The Ministry of Manpower announced an extension of the December 2009 amnesty for illegal foreign workers until end-March. The decision will allow an estimated 125,000-200,000 (out... 2010-02-26

BMI View: Banks will have been conservative in Q409 results to allow themselves to start 2010 with a clean sheet. However, nasty surprises, particularly from Dubai, could derail even... 2010-01-27

BMI View: Oman's remarkable oil production increase this year has proved timely, and with oil prices rising, we have revised up our GDP forecast for 2009.

BMI View: With much of the country's policy effort focused on external affairs, the only pressure points are in the social realm - dealing with human trafficking and tackling swine... 2009-09-14

BMI View: Qaboos has become Iran's main interlocutor with the outside world, a controversial policy that plays to Oman's strategic interests and may afford the sultanate a more prominent... 2009-09-14