Economy

We epect Algeria's economic growth to start picking up this year and we pencil in 3.1% in real terms, compared to last year's 2.3%. Going forward, 2011 and 2012 will see even faster... 2010-08-24

BMI View: We maintain our view that the Tunisian economy is embarking on a steady recovery with real GDP growth of 3.9% projected for 2010, and then rising to 5.8% by 2011. We caution... 2010-08-24

BMI View: We maintain our view that the Tunisian economy is embarking on a steady recovery with real GDP growth of 3.9% projected for 2010, and then rising to 5.8% by 2011. We caution... 2010-08-24

We maintain our view regarding Algerian consumer price inflation and forecast a slowdown to 4.0% by end-2010 from the 5.7% recorded last year. We expect food and non-alcoholic beverages... 2010-08-19

We see Egyptian real estate and construction sector growth slowly picking up, with strong demographics and increasingly attractive business environment generating higher demand for... 2010-07-26

We expect Algeria's budget to stay in deficit due to diminishing hydrocarbons revenues and a public spending growth rate in 2010. Over the long term, we see the budget returning to... 2010-07-22

Economic growth in 2010 will increase to 3.1% in real terms, up from a 2.3% rate recorded in the previous year. Gross fixed capital formation will have the greatest contribution to... 2010-07-22

We expect Morocco's current account deficit to narrow in 2010 based on a pick up in goods exports and solid growth in current transfers. Over the remaining of the forecast period the... 2010-07-21

We forecast 3.0% real growth in Morocco's industrial production, driven mostly by energy and mining. While the former has shown the steadiest growth in 2009, growing every quarter,... 2010-07-21

While we expect a slowdown in Morocco's economic growth to 3.6% in 2010, down from an estimated 4.6% in the previous year, we believe this will be a one-off downturn with average growth... 2010-07-20