Economy

Real GDP growth will slow over the coming years as household and government consumption expands less rapidly. While the government is set to reduce its budget deficits, foreign direct... 2008-08-13

BMI View: Syria is in for a broad-based economic slowdown (but not a recession), unless it strikes a peace deal with Israel, opening the way for rapprochement with the international... 2008-08-12

BMI View: The outlook has brightened considerably since our last Business Forecast Report, and we have revised up our real GDP growth forecasts accordingly.

BMI View: The current account deficit will continue to improve over the forecast period, narrowing to a much more manageable 3.7% of GDP in 2012, and our new long-term forecasts project... 2008-08-05

Syria's oil sector is rapidly diminishing. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a US government agency, oil production totaled 393,000b/d in 2007 and net exports... 2008-07-22

BMI View: Egypt faces substantial challenges over the coming decade, but as long as the prevailing economic policies remain broadly in place, the future looks

BMI View: We have revised our real GDP growth forecast down slightly to 5.8% for 2008/09, on the back of higher interest rates and inflation, as well as possible slowdown in investment... 2008-07-07

BMI View: As elsewhere, the growth outlook is deteriorating in Jordan. However, a slowdown is already priced into our forecasts, which envisage real GDP growth of 5.5% in 2008 and... 2008-07-01

BMI View: Although we maintain our growth forecasts for now, the economic outlook continues to deteriorate, and we may have to revisit our projections going forward.

The outlook for the Turkish economy has worsened steadily through the first five months of 2007. Amid spiralling inflation, renewed monetary tightening, a weakening external climate... 2008-06-24