Middle East & Africa
Nigeria / Economy
Our bullish view on Nigerian equities continues to play out due to strong performance in the financial sector and ongoing growth in the consumer industries. We believe that a buoyant economy will help drive further gains, although there are some risks, most notably due to the country's security situation and associated political risks.
2013-05-16South Africa / Economy
Recent data augur for slow economic growth in South Africa, boding ill for the rand and reinforcing our bearish stance toward the currency. Statistics South Africa has released March...
2013-05-10Angola / Economy
African currencies have been relatively stable by historical standards over the first months of 2013, although in many countries risks remain weighted to the downside. Meanwhile, the...
2013-05-01Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets
Nigeria
Our bullish view on Nigerian equities continues to play out due to strong performance in the financial sector and ongoing growth in the consumer industries. We believe that a buoyant...
2013-05-16South Africa
Recent data augur for slow economic growth in South Africa, boding ill for the rand and reinforcing our bearish stance toward the currency. Statistics South Africa has released March...
2013-05-10Angola
African currencies have been relatively stable by historical standards over the first months of 2013, although in many countries risks remain weighted to the downside. Meanwhile, the...
2013-05-01Nigeria
We continue to expect the Nigerian naira to remain stable over the near term, given the currency's strong fundamental position, bolstered by a wide current account surplus and ample...
2013-04-29Angola
BMI View: The latest update of our Sub-Saharan Africa Sovereign Risk Ratings has seen some notable moves, both to the upside and the downside. We continue to regard Gabon as the most...
2011-03-30Angola
BMI View: The latest update of our Sub-Saharan Africa Sovereign Risk Ratings has seen some notable moves, both to the upside and the downside. We continue to regard Gabon as the most...
2010-12-08Angola
BMI View: The latest update of our Sub-Saharan Africa Sovereign Risk Ratings has seen some notable moves, both to the upside and the downside. We continue to regard Gabon as the most...
2010-09-27United Arab Emirates
BMI View: The macroeconomic recovery taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fails to inspire us, highlighted in the region's average sovereign risk rating remaining...
2010-09-02South Africa
The South African rand is locked into a depreciatory trend channel against the US dollar and looks set to weaken further over the coming months, from both a technical and fundamental...
2013-02-21South Africa
Short-Term Outlook: We maintain a constructive stance on the South African rand, given the encouraging technical picture, general weakness of the US dollar and strong foreign investor...
2012-08-22Algeria
Our near-term outlook for the Algerian dinar is neutral. The currency has been in a multi-quarter downtrend against the US dollar, and the unit traded at DZD74.33/US$ on December 16....
2011-12-16Syria
Our near-term outlook for the Syrian pound is bearish. After trading in a tight sideways band for over five months in the SYP47.40/US$ range, the currency has since sold off and was...
2011-11-18
