Economy

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

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: What appears to have been a slightly better than expected performance in 2008 is encouraging, but huge risks remain, not least in relation to the global economy, and we... 2008-02-15

BMI View: Although the budget deficit looks set to narrow from the peak reached in 2006, allowing the government to pay do .

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

BMI View: While we expect real GDP growth to slow over the forecast period, on the back of declining annual growth in private and government consumption, robust foreign direct investment... 2008-02-12

BMI View: Although revenue growth will slow over the next five years, the budget deficit is set to narrow considerably as the government's plan to remove costly fuel subsidies will... 2008-02-11

In spite of a worsening global climate, Egypt remains one of the most robust growth stories in the region, and in fact we have revised up our 2008 real GDP growth forecast from 5.9%... 2008-02-05

The ongoing activity in Lebanon's ports, as well as some infrastructural rebuilding (under the auspices of both the government and Hizbullah), and a low base effect from last year's... 2008-02-04

We expect real GDP growth to stay strong in Jordan in 2008 and 2009, coming in around 4.9% in both years. In addition, the trade deficit is expected to continue to