About Nasser Saidi & Associates

Established in 2012, we provide economic advisory and business consultancy services to a diverse range of stakeholders in the Middle East and North Africa region ranging from the public sector and private sector, government related enterprises, banks and financial institutions as well as Central Banks and Regulators of the banking and financial system.

News, articles and publications

Events & Publications

Weekly Economic Commentary – Mar 20, 2023

Markets The upheaval in the banking sector, contagion and spill-over effects were the main reason for dismal equities...
20 March, 2023

Events & Publications

Weekly Insights 17 Mar 2023: GCC posted spectacular fiscal surpluses in 2022, but likely to taper in 2023

Saudi inflation Fiscal surpluses in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar    Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight...
17 March, 2023

TV & Radio

Interview with BBC’s World Business Report on Lebanon’s banking sector, 15 Mar 2023

In an interview with BBC's World Business Report, Dr Nasser Saidi offered his insights and assessment on what's happening in...
16 March, 2023

TV & Radio

Interview with Al Arabiya (Arabic) on the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, 13 Mar 2023

In this interview with Al Arabiya aired on 13th Mar 2023, Dr Nasser Saidi discusses the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and...
14 March, 2023

Events & Publications

Weekly Economic Commentary – Mar 13, 2023

Markets Last week ended with the failure of start-up focused lender SVB Financial Group, the largest bank to fail since the 2008...
13 March, 2023

Events & Publications

Weekly Insights 10 Mar 2023: Global Trade Slows but Economic Activity Ticks Up in the Middle East

Middle East PMIs Saudi GDP & manufacturing Global trade & transport    Download a PDF copy of this week’s...
10 March, 2023

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Recent & Upcoming Events

January 31 Clean Energy Business Council Annual Summit (Dubai)
January 12 Speaker at Oxfam /ESCWA Conference: “Special Drawing Rights and Beyond: The future of development finance, fiscal spending and inequality in the Arab region”
January 10 Speaker at UBS’s Greater China Conference (Hong Kong)
December 10 Panelist at Transparency International Lebanon’s annual event “Right to Live – Corruption Free”’
November 17 Panelist at UNDP’s Regional Dialogue on Arab Human Development