Economic commentary
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
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 30 Sep 2021: Headwinds to Recovery in Global Trade
Weekly Insights 30 Sep 2021: Headwinds to Recovery in Global Trade 1 Global services trade has been lagging goods trade, still...
30 September, 2021
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Weekly Insights 15 Jul 2021: Covid19 cases, vaccination & beyond (MENA & UAE) + Saudi-Omani cooperation
Weekly Insights 15 Jul 2021: Covid19 cases, vaccination & beyond (MENA & UAE) + Saudi-Omani cooperation 1 Covid19...
15 July, 2021
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Weekly Insights 8 Jul 2021: Diverging PMI readings, Saudi’s new import rules & Oman’s IMF TA request
Weekly Insights 8 Jul 2021: Diverging PMI readings, Saudi’s new import rules & Oman’s IMF TA request 1 Global...
8 July, 2021
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Weekly Insights 6 May 2021: What do PMIs, Consumer Spending & Domestic Credit Tell us about Economic Activity?
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Manufacturing PMI rises globally; but, widespread vaccination...
6 May, 2021
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Weekly Insights 8 Apr 2021: Risks to the Rosy Outlook as World Recovery Seemingly Accelerates
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 Inspite of battling new Covid19 restrictions, PMIs run...
8 April, 2021
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Weekly Insights 4 Mar 2021: Are economic activity indicators in UAE & Saudi Arabia moderating, à la PMI?
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 Will vaccines give a jab to growth PMI readings...
5 March, 2021
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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 14 Jan 2021: Trade, Tourism & the Global Vaccination Drive
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Trade recovers in Q3; services trade lags WTO’s latest Q3...
14 January, 2021
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Weekly Insights 7 Jan 2021: UAE’s silver linings – has the country turned a corner?
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Heatmap of Manufacturing/ non-oil private sector PMIs PMIs...
7 January, 2021
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Weekly Insights 23 Dec 2020: V or W-shaped recovery? Surge in Covid19 cases & new strain to dampen growth in Q4
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1: Uncertainty in the time of Covid19 Both Economic...
23 December, 2020
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Weekly Insights 17 Dec 2020: Green shoots (of recovery) in the UAE & Takeaways from Saudi 2021 Budget
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1: PMIs in UAE/ Dubai remain below-50 for the 2nd...
17 December, 2020
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Weekly Insights 10 Dec 2020: Vaccine Exuberance, PMIs and Indicators of Economic Activity
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1: PMIs in the...
10 December, 2020
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Weekly Insights 19 Nov 2020: Knowledge-based human capital to drive UAE’s diversification efforts
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Knowledge-based human capital to drive the next phase of UAE’s...
19 November, 2020
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Weekly Insights 11 Nov 2020: PMIs & Recovery (?) Indicators in the Middle East/ GCC
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here PMIs & Recovery () Indicators in the Middle East/ GCC: A...
12 November, 2020
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Weekly Insights 13 Oct 2020: PMIs, Mobility & Economic Recovery
Download a PDF copy of this week’s economic commentary here 1Global PMIs, shipping & trade PMIs across the globe were...
13 October, 2020
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Weekly Insights 14 Sep 2020: A Balance Act as UAE remains open amid Covid19 surge
Charts of the Week: This is a crucial period for GCC, including the UAE How can one decide on the balance between reopening the...
14 September, 2020
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 7 Sep 2020: Businesses, Credit & Economic Activity in UAE & KSA
Charts of the Week: As manufacturing PMIs touch new highs in Aug, services PMI stalls Regional activity is at odds with global...
7 September, 2020
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 10 Aug 2020: Lebanon's way forward, PMIs & Mobility, Saudi monetary statistics, Arab FDI
The Beirut blast and its recovery/ reconstruction dominate news in the Middle East Our take on the path for Lebanon’s economic...
10 August, 2020