Yemen

BMI View: Yemen's economy has been badly impacted by global economic trends, and even high oil prices can provide only a temporary palliative, although the prospect of liquefied natural... 2008-06-12

BMI View: Despite some success last year in curbing inflation, Sana'a has few monetary tools at its disposal to contain the latest bout of inflationary

BMI View: The fiscal situation will worsen as the government raises spending to deal with the economic crisis and Sana'a needs to secure new sources of revenue to ease the

BMI View: With Qatar recently playing a critical role in the Doha Deal, the agreement signed between rival Lebanese factions, we expect the country to continue to take advantage of... 2008-06-03

Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi recently said that Yemen could soon accede into the some of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agencies, a move that would be a significant step... 2008-04-25

While we expect real GDP growth to slow down to 2.6% in 2008, on the back of a 12.6% decline in the oil sector, growth will pick up again in 2009 to hit 3.4%. This will be mainly... 2008-04-25

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... 2008-04-04