Economy

We predict that the trade balance will worsen with the deficit widening to US$12.44bn in 2007, and then again to US$15.26bn a year later. This trend

Looking in detail at what the new business environment ratings tells us about the East Med region, the picture is not greatly changed. As with our previous ratings, Israel is well... 2007-10-01

We envisage full-year growth of 4.9% for 2007, compared with our previous projection of 4.4%. Thereafter, we continue to see a gradual cyclical slowdown, in line with our general... 2007-09-04

We expect Jordan to achieve real growth of 4.2% y-o-y in 2007, which is a significant but not worrying drop from estimated growth of 5.8% last year.

We are standing by the forecasts we ran in our last Business Forecast Report, believing that investment will drive real GDP growth of at least 6.7% in FY06/07 (with risks to the upside).... 2007-08-30

H107 balance of payments figures in Turkey reinforces our view that the country's large current account deficit is expected to remain a key macroeconomic risk over the medium term.... 2007-08-30

We are leaving our forecasts unchanged, believing that investment will drive real GDP growth of at least 6.8% in FY06/07 (with risks to the upside).

We expect Jordan to achieve real growth of 4.2% y-o-y in 2007, which is a significant but not worrying drop from estimated growth of 5.8% last year. Over the forecast period we anticipate... 2007-07-31

We are leaving our fiscal forecasts unchanged, in spite of recent political turmoil, believing that any additional spending due to the crisis in Gaza will be covered off-budget, as... 2007-07-31

We are revising our real GDP growth forecast down from 3.5% to 2.0% for 2007, with further risks to the downside if we do not see a pick-up in confidence towards Lebanon. Thereafter,... 2007-07-27