Syria

After initially authorising new sanctions against Syrian officials on February 13, US President George W Bush has implemented new measures against a top Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf,... 2008-02-22

Syria's trade balance will slip into a US$0.15bn deficit in 2008, after which it will worsen to US$0.58bn in 2009, on the back of rapid import growth and falling oil export revenues.

BMI View: Syria's foreign policy continues to be an influential factor on the country's economic outlook and we see the recent deterioration of relations with Israel and the US as... 2008-02-15

BMI View: Although we expect economic growth to continue to slow down over the forecast period, on the back of a fall in net exports and declining oil production, strong private consumption... 2008-02-14

The Syrian government has continued its crackdown on dissidents by arresting a former MP, Riad Seif, because of his involvement with the 'Damascus declaration' that called for full... 2008-01-30

We expect real GDP growth to continue to slow down in 2008 and 2009, coming in around 2.8% and 0.5% respectively, on the back of declining oil production and hence

The political deadlock in Lebanon has given Syria an opportunity to increase its influence over its smaller neighbour and along with France, Syria has assumed a key role in negotiations... 2008-01-07

We forecast real GDP growth to slow to 2.8% in 2008, down from an estimated 4.3% in 2007, despite growing public sector spending.

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah Dardari recently met his counterpart from the UAE to discuss the importance of fostering economic, trade and investment ties between... 2007-10-31

We expect inflation to ease this year - after hitting a high of 10.0% y-o-y - down to 7.0% y-o-y and then fall further next year to 5.0% in 2008. After a slight rise in GDP