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Lebanon / Economy
BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among the strongest performers in the region. We are cautious as to the positive impact of new natural gas exploration activities at this stage. At best, they will reduce Lebanon's import bill, although...
2010-08-31Israel / Economy
The proposed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority have been further complicated by an untimely arms deal between Russia and Syria. The Israeli government is concerned that Lebanon's...
2010-08-31Lebanon / Economy
BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among...
2010-08-31Country Risk Rating
Israel
The proposed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority have been further complicated by an untimely arms deal between Russia and Syria. The Israeli government is concerned that Lebanon's...
2010-08-31Lebanon
The marriage of convenience between the reformist March 14 and March 8 parties has worked surprisingly well, but things could come to a head now that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon...
2010-08-31Syria
The Syrian government held an investment forum with Libya and expressed its willingness to remove import tariffs on Libyan goods to promote trade. Syrian goodwill has also extended...
2010-07-27Lebanon
The Lebanese government plans to grant an approval to an oil law to 'safeguard Lebanon's oil and gas interests in the Mediterranean'. The move comes in response to the Israeli national...
2010-06-28Lebanon
BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among...
2010-08-31Lebanon
BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among...
2010-08-31Jordan
Real GDP growth came in at 2.0% q-o-q in Q110 in Jordan, slowing down from 2.9% in Q409. However, we still predict the economy to pick up towards the end of 2010, pencilling in 3.2%...
2010-07-26Egypt
Given a fifth consecutive month of decreasing consumer price inflation in Egypt, coming in at 10.5% in May, down from 11.4% in April we project price growth to move into single-digit...
2010-07-26Egypt
Although the pressures on the government will continue to increase with the parliamentary elections approaching, we still see the National Democratic Party (NDP) coming out as an easy...
2010-08-23Lebanon
BMI View: The Syrian government has been pushing ahead with economic agreements with neighbouring Egypt and Lebanon in order to strengthen its position in the Middle East. We maintain...
2010-07-19Lebanon
BMI View: The position of Hizbullah and its Syrian allies in Lebanon is strengthening, which is bad news for long term stability, and puts Lebanon on the wrong side of Israel, Saudi...
2010-06-22Jordan
BMI View: Relations between Jordan and Israel appear to be deteriorating, but this will not benefit Jordanians of Palestinian origin, the majority of whom will likely vote for the Islamic...
2010-06-21
