Economy

We remain bearish Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM), in spite of today's (October 13) bounce. Having fallen through multi-year support at around 7,400, the market reversed all... 2008-10-13

Quarterly Tables For Iran

International sanctions and the global economic slowdown, in addition to lower oil prices and elevated inflation levels will conspire to slow economic growth over the forecast period,... 2008-10-10

The Iranian rial appears to have departed from its previous path of gradual depreciation via a crawling peg. We see a risk of further sharp declines, in line with a US dollar bounce,... 2008-10-08

We remain bearish Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM), although the magnitude of recent falls means that we could witness somewhat of a 'dead cat' bounce in the short-term. Having... 2008-10-06

Yemen has fared rather poorly as far as attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is concerned, and unless or until the security situation markedly picks up we do not envision this... 2008-10-02

The central government will continue to pursue an expansionist fiscal policy over the forecast period, running up large deficits which, for now, will be financed using the Oil Stabilisation... 2008-10-01

Global oil prices have declined substantially since July and there is a possibility of further major declines to around the US$50/bbl mark. Under these circumstances, Iran's current... 2008-10-01

We are forecasting real GDP growth of 7.0% this year, rising to 7.5% in 2009 due to a acceleration in exports (particularly in the non-oil sector) and a slight slowdown in the growth... 2008-09-30

A promised injection of cash by the central bank has so far had little impact on either lending rates. With negative global sentiment weighing on the market, scarce access to finance... 2008-09-30