Economy

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

Turkish general government budget figures over the first eleven months of 2007 confirm our view that the budget deficit will widen that year. The consolidated budget for January-November... 2008-01-30

We are maintaining our forecast for a cumulative 250bps in cuts to Turkey's policy rate by end-2008 despite the decision by the central bank to cut by only 25bps at its January monetary... 2008-01-18

2008 should be a seminal year for Turkey's reform agenda with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government likely to accelerate key legislative and economic policy changes.... 2008-01-14

BMI View: Egypt looks set to continue to attract strong FDI inflows, as a look back over the sweeping reforms introduced over the last few years demonstrates.

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.

We anticipate Israel's trade deficit will widen slightly in 2008, to US$4.1bn from a projected US$3.4bn in 2007. However, the current account surplus will remain, coming in at around... 2008-01-07

We anticipate real GDP growth to slow down - but remain strong - in 2008 coming in around 6.0%, from a projected 7.1% a year earlier. The budget deficit is set to widen slightly to

We expect gradual widening of the budget deficit in 2007, up to 8.6% of GDP largely because the government will continue to spend generously to rebuild the economy and maintain political... 2007-11-26

The trade account will remain negative and widen in FY2007/08 to 19.5% of GDP - up from 15.9% expected in FY2006/07 - as the strong export sector is struggling to contain a decline... 2007-11-26