Economy

The outlook for Jordan's Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) continues to look bleak. Stubbornly high energy prices, political instability - both domestic and regional - and a soaring fiscal... 2011-09-22

We see little reason to change our long-held bearish outlook on the Egyptian pound at present. Trading at EGP5.9630/US$ on September 20, fundamental pressures on the unit remain firmly... 2011-09-21

Recent statements from Egyptian officials surrounding the government's intention of relying on local markets to meet its financing requirements underpin our view that the country's... 2011-09-13

We are maintaining our long-held view that the Lebanese economy will slow precipitously heading into 2012. A host of consumption, trade and investment indicators through H111 have... 2011-08-23

Consumer price inflation in Egypt took a sharp leg down in July according to recently released data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization, with the headline print dropping... 2011-08-23

Egypt's macroeconomic outlook remains weak in the early stages FY2011/12 (fiscal year beginning on July 1), as ongoing political risk and elevated policy uncertainty continue to weigh... 2011-08-02

While Syrian authorities have touted the success of intervention measures aimed at stabilising the value of the Syrian pound, we are not wholly convinced by the evidence, and therefore... 2011-07-15

We maintain a neutral-bearish outlook for the Egyptian pound through the remainder of 2011. Trading at EGP5.9550/US$ in early July, there remains little fundamental reason to the like... 2011-07-07

In a move which further confirms our fears of the potential for erratic policy decisions out of Egypt's transitional government, on June 25 Finance Minister Samir Radwan stated that... 2011-07-01

Consumer price inflation in Lebanon ticked slightly higher in May, coming in at 5.5% y-o-y, compared to 5.3% and 4.9% in April and March respectively. Food price inflation came in... 2011-06-27