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Dec 12: Panelist at the Arab Strategy Forum (Dubai)
Nov 28: Guest speaker at a LIFE Lebanon event (Dubai)
Nov 27: Speaker at the MENA –OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade (Amman)
Nov 26: Keynote Speaker & Panelist at EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Jordan Forum – the Path to Economic Prosperity (Amman)
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The MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade‘s 2018 meeting was... Read More
Dr. Nasser Saidi participated in the Talk-Debate “Africa in the... Read MoreIn the Media
The article, “Breaking the Cycle: How the Great Financial Crisis Can Prepare Us for the Next One“, written by Dr. Nasser Saidi for the inaugural issue of the Dubai Policy Review (published in Jan 2019) can be downloaded in both English and Arabic. Breaking the Cycle: How the Great Financial Crisis Can Prepare Us for the Next One “It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that” – the Red Queen in Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll What can policymakers learn from the painful times of... Read More
In the 13th January, 2019 edition of Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East, Dr. Nasser Saidi speaks to Youssef Gamal El-Din about the Fed, ongoing US-China trade wars and negotiations, UK’s Brexit vote, the British pound and broad outlook and risks for 2019. Watch the interview below. The original link to the full episode (Dr. Nasser Saidi speaks from 08:00 to 20:00): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-01-13/bloomberg-daybreak-middle-east-full-show-01-10-2019-video
Dr. Nasser Saidi’s comments (below) appeared in an Arab News report titled “Lebanon’s damning McKinsey report: how the experts reacted”, on January 7, 2019. The full article can be accessed here and here; the Arab News report can can be downloaded here. One of the damaging figures reveals that Lebanon’s residents spend 50 percent more time than needed on congested roads, only 15 percent of which are in good condition. It also discloses that Lebanon’s infrastructure ranks 113th out of 137 countries. “These numbers come from a variety of sources like the World Bank and others, so these have been assessed by various international parties,” Dr. Nasser Saidi, former chief economist and head of... Read More
Dr. Nasser Saidi discusses the the China-US economic war, lower oil prices and increasing risk of a financial crisis in 2019 accompanying lower global & GCC growth in this interview with Al Arabiya. The interview (in Arabic), aired on 18th December 2018, can be viewed below and here. In the 9th December, 2018 edition of Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East, Dr. Nasser Saidi speaks to Youssef Gamal El-Din about the ongoing US-China trade & economic wars, Fed & the inversion of the US yield curve, UK Parliament’s Brexit vote, France’s Yellow Vest protests & investor sentiment, and OPEC cut & crude oil price movements. Watch the interview below. The original link to the full episode (Dr. Nasser Saidi speaks from 06:00 to 24:00): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-12-09/bloomberg-daybreak-middle-east-full-show-12-09-2018-video
