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Weekly Insights 14 Oct 2021: Global divergence in growth predicted – can MENA cope?

Weekly Insights 14 Oct 2021: Global divergence in growth predicted - can MENA cope   1 The IMF expects global growth to...
14 October, 2021

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Weekly Insights 7 Oct 2021: Moving Towards Gradual Economic Recovery in the GCC

Weekly Insights 7 Oct 2021: Moving Towards Gradual Economic Recovery in the GCC 1 UAE’s debut federal debt to support and...
7 October, 2021

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Weekly Insights 29 Apr 2021: India’s exponential rise in Covid19 cases – spillovers into the UAE?

Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 As cases continue to surge in India, pace of global recovery comes...
29 April, 2021

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Weekly Insights 22 Apr 2021: GCC: Oil-dependence & Path to Climate Resilience

Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Oman: 4th GCC nation to implement VAT Oman introduced 5% VAT on...
22 April, 2021

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Weekly Insights 15 Apr 2021: Will Middle East’s growth prospects be vulnerable to external debt levels & limited fiscal room?

Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here   The IMF issued its latest Regional Economic Outlook for the...
15 April, 2021

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Weekly Insights 6 Oct 2020: Economic activity in Bahrain & Saudi Arabia

Charts of the Week: Last week, both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia released Q2 GDP numbers: as expected, overall growth contracted,...
6 October, 2020

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Weekly Insights 22 Sep 2020: Looking beyond Saudi inflation & oil exports

Charts of the Week: Saudi inflation numbers (consumer & wholesale prices) show the impact of the tripling of VAT For now, a...
22 September, 2020