Yemen
Economy
While inflationary pressure is set to remain pronounced in Yemen over the coming quarters, we expect the headline print to moderate in 2012 compared with 2011. We are forecasting average...
2011-12-21Economy
On the back of ongoing political unrest, we are revising down our forecast for Yemen's current accounts. We now project a current account deficit of 4.8% of GDP in 2011, compared with...
2011-09-27Economy
In a surprise move, Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, returned to Sana'a on September 23 after spending over three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from an assassination attempt....
2011-09-27Economy
On the back of a weak fiscal position and the lack of willingness on the government's side to mitigate rising global commodity prices through subsidies, we expect inflationary pressure...
2011-05-31Economy
On the back of our projection of rising oil prices in 2011, we have revised down Yemen's 2011 fiscal deficit forecast to 2.0% of GDP from 2.6% previously (compared to 3.8% estimated...
2011-05-31Economy
With unrest at the start of 2011 gathering momentum everywhere in MENA, including some oil-exporting Gulf states, Yemen's growth outlook has been undermined, which led us to revise...
2011-03-29Economy
On the back of our projection of rising oil prices in 2011, we revise Yemen's 2011 fiscal deficit forecast to 2.0% of GDP from 2.6% previously (compared to 3.8% estimated for 2010)....
2011-03-15Economy
Poor security at Yemen's main store of radioactive products could result in the theft of dangerous materials, according to comments by a senior government that came to light in one...
2011-01-04Economy
We are forecasting double-digit inflation in Yemen in 2011, driven in part by high food prices. Yemen's growing population, dry climate and the dominance of qat production in agricultural...
2011-01-04Economy
We are forecasting real GDP growth in Yemen to stagnate in 2011, coming in at 2.8%, down only slightly from an anticipated 2.9% in 2010. Although there is interest in new energy opportunities...
2010-09-24



