Economy

Qatar's economy is set to experience a further acceleration in 2011, despite the very high base set by the 15.8% estimated real expansion recorded in 2010. With LNG exports set to remain... 2011-04-15

The government's investment drive to diversify its economy away from the oil sector, coupled with increasingly higher investor interest in the country underpins our view that the non-hydrocarbon... 2011-04-15

Despite escalating unrest across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, we stand by our view that Oman's economy will weather the political crisis relatively well, and forecast... 2011-04-15

Regardless of the looming clouds on the horizon stemming from the political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the outlook for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has gradually... 2011-04-08

On the back of a slightly more positive outlook for oil prices in 2011, we expect Kuwait's fiscal position to remain strong in FY2011/12. Despite the upward revision to our 2011 oil... 2011-04-07

Despite Qatar's impressive expansionary budget, the unprecedented increase in spending drafted for FY2011/12 is not a concern for the country's fiscal position. Higher oil prices will... 2011-04-05

We expect the Iranian rial to post further losses against the greenback going forward, and we forecast it to average IRR11,200/US$ and IRR12,600/US$ in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Indeed,... 2011-03-29

We maintain our view that economic growth in Iran will be lacklustre over the medium term, though our outlook is now slightly more optimistic. Although international sanctions and the... 2011-03-29

With unrest at the start of 2011 gathering momentum everywhere in MENA, including some oil-exporting Gulf states, Yemen's growth outlook has been undermined, which led us to revise... 2011-03-29

Despite the weak performance of Saudi Arabia's banking sector in 2010, we are confident that a recovery will occur throughout 2011 and forecast asset growth to pick up and come in at... 2011-03-29