Kuwait

BMI View: Inflation and fuel price hikes have cause short-term political risk to rise, benefiting the Islamist opposition, but the government will maintain control, and continue along... 2008-05-21

BMI View: We have revised up our end-year inflation forecasts for Jordan to 9.0% y-o-y and 6.0% y-o-y for 2008 and 2009 respectively, following the release of higher than expected... 2008-05-20

BMI View: Although real GDP growth will continue to slow down over the coming years - on the back of slower expansion in private and public consumption - we expect strong gross fixed... 2008-05-20

BMI View: We continue to forecast strong growth amidst abundant liquidity, government spending, investment, consumer spending and net exports.

BMI View: The UAE looks set to be the hardest hit by infrastructural shortages, but all of the GCC states (barring Qatar) are lacking the necessary power supply: with the cost of... 2008-05-01

We are forecasting an aggregate real GDP growth rate of 5.9% this year, both for the Gulf region (including Iran, Iraq and Yemen), and for the GCC. Next year the GCC will maintain... 2008-04-04

BMI View: The dollar reversal the GCC authorities have been praying for looks as remote as ever this morning, and we are now looking at a serious deterioration in the business environment,... 2008-03-17

We are not revising our growth forecasts for 2007 and 2008 in the light of the worsened global economic outlook, as we believe that the Gulf is among the most insulated regions in... 2008-02-27

Jordan scores a good seven out of ten in the public unrest category of our short-term political ratings and the government remains committed to stamping out any opposition to the... 2008-02-22

Although Jordan's trade deficit widened in 2007, we expect it to narrow throughout 2008 and 2009 coming in around US$4.9bn and US$4.5bn respectively on the back of a slow down in... 2008-02-22