Oman

Recently released figures from the Islamic Finance Information Service (IFIS) concerning global sukuk issuance clearly illustrate our long-held view that the market is not favourable... 2008-10-22

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

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 approval of a draft agreement on the charter governing the Gulf monetary union council by five ministers this week is broadly positive in terms of regional cooperation, but does... 2008-09-17

With Gulf equities falling further over the weekend, our bearish view on the region's stock markets continues to play out. The falling oil price (front month Brent crude has now dropped... 2008-09-15

Oman's Minister of Labour Dr Juma bin Ali bin Juma and his Qatari opposite number Dr Sultan bin Hassan al-Dosari signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labour co-operation... 2008-09-12

BMI View: The domestic agenda is focused on labour reform and other economic measures, absent progress on the political front.

BMI View: The sultanate is confident of its ability to maintain close diplomatic and commercial ties with Iran, despite international pressure on the Islamic

BMI View: These are good times for the sultanate's economy, and new hydrocarbons investments should stem the decline in oil production - assuring strong revenue flows over the forecast... 2008-09-09

BMI View: Signs of a strengthening US dollar and weakening money supply growth may help to drive Oman's inflation down next