Economy

We forecast 3.2% real growth in the economy this year, partially due to significant economic reforms and a healthy banking sector. The government has opened up the trade regime, privatized... 2010-09-23

The weak state of public finances remains a key source of macroeconomic risk in Egypt, with latest data from the central bank showing the consolidated budget deficit widening to EGP93.4bn... 2010-09-21

As we move towards the end of the year, the global economic scenario we had envisaged for 2010 - namely a shaky and largely jobless recovery slowing in the second half, alongside continued... 2010-09-10

BMI View: Our short term forecasts see Israel's trade deficit rising slightly to 0.3% of GDP in 2010, from 0.1% of GDP back in 2009. With weak EU demand forming one of the strongest... 2010-09-07

BMI View : We maintain that the flourishing Syrian private sector will drive real GDP growth of 4.6% in 2010. Bereft of massive oil reserves, the Syrian government is under pressure... 2010-09-01

BMI View : We maintain that the flourishing Syrian private sector will drive real GDP growth of 4.6% in 2010. Bereft of massive oil reserves, the Syrian government is under pressure... 2010-09-01

BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among... 2010-08-31

BMI View: Lebanon will find it hard to sustain the 2009 level of outperformance, in terms of real GDP growth, but as long as there is no further conflict with Israel, it will be among... 2010-08-31

Egypt's Suez Canal revenues came in at the highest since the global financial crisis in late 2008, reaching US$406.2mn in July, up 6.1% compared to the same month in 2009 and 5.9%... 2010-08-25

BMI View :Israeli latest GDP figures for Q210 were significantly higher than expected at 4.7% q-o-q annualised compared with the consensus estimate of 2.9%. This impressive performance... 2010-08-17