Events & Publications
Panelist at the IMF’s MENA Conference”Divergent Recoveries in Turbulent Times in the Middle East & North Africa”, 24 May 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi participated as a panelist at the IMF's event related to the Regional Economic Outlook report for the Middle East...
25 May, 2022
Economic commentary
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
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 16 Sep 2021: Saudi Arabia’s economic activity picks up pace
Weekly Insights 16 Sep 2021: Saudi Arabia’s economic activity picks up pace 1 Saudi Arabia grows at 18% yoy in Q2, with the...
16 September, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 9 Sep 2021: Global inflation – transitory or persistent? How will MENA / GCC cope?
Weekly Insights 9 Sep 2021: Global inflation - transitory or persistent How will MENA / GCC cope Inflation (both consumer and...
9 September, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 29 Jul 2021: Global growth & inflation outlook + credit & inflation (GCC/ UAE)
Weekly Insights 29 Jul 2021: Global growth & inflation outlook + credit & inflation (GCC/ UAE) 1 Global growth forecast...
29 July, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 1 Jul 2021: State of the UAE & Saudi Arabia economies
State of the UAE & Saudi Arabia economies: a peek into the latest macroeconomic data (GDP, Fiscal, Money & Credit,...
1 July, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 18 Mar 2021: Macroeconomic Updates on Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & the UAE
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 Lebanon: Cascading Collapses According to the...
18 March, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 25 Feb 2021: Rising global food prices amid supply chain disruptions & impact on import-dependent dollar-pegged GCC nations
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 PMIs indicate rising manufacturing activity vs...
25 February, 2021
Economic commentary
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
