Economy
Libya
In late January Libya's National Transitional Council agreed to pay US$400mn of a total of US$1.4bn in repayments to Turkish contractors for work that was completed before the anti-Qadhafi...
2012-01-26Algeria
Customs data released on January 22 showed that energy exports amounted to US$ 71.2bn in 2011, a 28.3% increase on 2010. We estimate that the current account surplus came in at 20.5%...
2012-01-25Tunisia
Headline inflation in Tunisia increased by 4.2% y-o-y in 2011. Inflation will remain elevated in the medium term, and we reaffirm our forecast that it will come in at 4% by end 2012....
2012-01-24Libya
The decision by the UN Security Council to unfreeze approximately US$150bn in assets held by the central bank and one of its subsidiaries should help alleviate a short-term liquidity...
2011-12-29Morocco
BMI View: In line with our view, Morocco's central bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.25%, its lowest level in more than two years. The decision, announced...
2011-12-22Algeria
Our near-term outlook for the Algerian dinar is neutral. The currency has been in a multi-quarter downtrend against the US dollar, and the unit traded at DZD74.33/US$ on December 16....
2011-12-16Tunisia
Industrial production data from Tunisia reveal that the country's Jasmine Revolution has had markedly different effects on the wide array of industries in the economy, and we expect...
2011-12-12Tunisia
Consumer price inflation (CPI) in Tunisia has ticked up in recent months, and we expect it to remain near Q411 levels through 2012. From a low of 2.9% y-o-y in Q111, inflation gradually...
2011-12-08
