IMF: Oil boom to spur MENA region's growth
High oil prices will support economic expansion in the Middle East and North Africa in 2012-2013 as importers grapple with...
Economy
Iraq’s 2013 budget to reach $97 billion
Parliament Oil and Energy member MP Suzan al-Saad disclosed that the coming year's budget will reach 113 trillion Iraqi dinars...
Iraqi Labor Ministry to fund small projects
In the coming few days, Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will launch the small loan fund according to...
Saudi GDP exceeds SR 2.2 trillion
Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product exceeded SR 2.2 trillion in 2011, registering a growth rate of 31 percent in current...
Iraq eyes investors for projects worth more than $200 billion
Iraq is turning a sharp eye on Middle East real estate investors as it looks to produce some three million...
GCC fiscal surplus to increase to 14% of GDP
Barclays Capital projected economic real GDP growth in the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council at 5.5% in 2012 and...
Saudi Arabia to be fastest growing G20 economy after China
Saudi Arabia will emerge as the second fastest growing G20 country after China this year, while Gulf economies will outpace...
$5 billion Qatari grant to Jordan
Jordan and Qatar discussed Qatar's contribution to the a $5 billion grant for Jordan that was endorsed by the Gulf...
GCC reinsurance market worth over $5 billion
Market sentiment remains upbeat among reinsurers and brokers operating in the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC). According to...
Bahrain the most economically free country in the MENA region
The Fraser Institute issued its latest 2012 annual report titled “Economic Freedom of the World”, in which it noted that...
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