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Egypt’s new central bank chief faces bitter pill of currency devaluation or IMF aid
November 19th, 2015
Spare a kind thought for the travails that Tarek Amer, the newly appointed governor of Egypt’s central bank, will be facing when he formally takes up his post on November 27. He could have had no illusions how disastrous ...
Dubai gold prices down for second day
November 19th, 2015
Retail rates drop by Dh2 per gram in two days as US dollar strengthens Gold extended its loss for the second straight day, dropping by as much as Dh2 per gram on Wednesday morning, as the US dollar climbed ...
Why OPEC Can’t Win The Oil Price War
November 19th, 2015
As the oil price war unfolds it becomes easier to understand the outcome. There is ongoing speculation about the motives of the main players. Is it a battle between OPEC and US shale? Or a battle by the U SA and ...
IEA releases Oil Market Report for November
November 16th, 2015
Non-OPEC output to slip more than 0.6 mb/d in 2016 as demand growth slows to 1.2 mb/d from five-year high Global demand growth is forecast to slow to 1.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2016 after surging to ...
The Middle East Could Face A Historic Crisis By Century’s End
November 10th, 2015
Regarding the Middle East and its oil, the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saed Al Maktoum, longtime Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, once famously remarked: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, ...
OPEC’s Strategy Seen Potentially Backfiring
November 10th, 2015
Decision against controlling oil output could add to sustained period of low oil prices and dent revenues, IEA says OPEC’s unwillingness to limit its oil output could help usher in a sustained period of low prices and more pain ...
IMF’s Lagarde Discusses Economic Challenges with GCC Countries
November 9th, 2015
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today at the conclusion of a meeting in Qatar with the finance ministers and central bank governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)1 : “I ...
Iranian Oil Goes Back on the Market
November 6th, 2015
After years of sanctions, the country is boosting production and aiming to win customers back from the Saudis and Russians. The fate of the oil market in 2016 depends in large part on a series of oil fields with ...
Egypt can’t rely on cash-strapped Saudi Arabia
November 5th, 2015
Egypt is running low on cash. And this time, oil-rich friends like Saudi Arabia may not be able to come to its rescue. Egypt‘s lack of cash is threatening its ability to mount an economic comeback from the turmoil ...
Middle-East private wealth to reach $7.2 trillion by 2018
October 29th, 2015
This is approximately a 3.6 per cent share of total global wealth The private wealth in the Middle-East region will reach $7.2 trillion by the end of 2018, according to a report. The report issued by the Boston Consulting ...
