Morocco

After an impressive 2006, Moroccan growth is expected to slow down to 3.2 in 2007. As a result of recent reports regarding poor agricultural harvests, we have had to revise our generally... 2007-03-02

CPI inflation should ease to 2.5% y-o-y next year on the as oil prices ease - we forecast the OPEC basket average will fall to US$54.5/bbl from US$60.9/bbl in 2006. Average inflation... 2007-02-02

With the Islamist opposition justice and Development Party (PJD) expected to make a strong showing in this year's parliamentary polls, anxiety has grown in many quarters and particularly... 2007-02-01

On the back of strong tourism receipts and remittance inflows, Morocco looks set to achieve a current account surplus of 2.1% of GDP in 2007, dipping slightly from 2.7% of GDP in... 2007-01-30

Morocco's political reform progress, albeit not revolutionary, is certainly more impressive than any other by regional standards. The country has taken a lead on extending women's... 2007-01-29

Attention has been re-focused on the Algerian Islamist militants, the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) who last year... 2007-01-26

Morocco looks on the way to achieving our real GDP growth target of 7.4% and indeed may overshoot this with continued robust growth in Q406. As agricultural sector expansion slows... 2007-01-09

In the lead up to 2007 parliamentary elections, there is bound to be increasing noise both domestically and internationally regarding fears of a strong showing for the Islamist leaning... 2007-01-05

We have revised upwards our real GDP forecast for 2007 to 4.0% which we believe will be boosted by solid growth in the building and construction sector, commerce and to lesser extent... 2007-01-05

With parliamentary elections due to take place sometime in the autumn this year, and evidence that the Islamist-leaning Parti du Justice et Developpement (PJD) expected to display... 2007-01-05