Middle East
Country risk analysis, forecasts, rankings, industry research and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 14 markets across the Middle East region
Business Forecast Reports
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Bahrain Business Forecast Report
64 pages ISSN: 1750-2179 Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly Downward Revisions, Liquidity Squeeze Threaten As we move into 2009, there is barely a country in the world for which BMI had not revised down its growth forecasts, and Bahrain is no exception. The global climate is growth-negative, with investor risk appetite, liquidity conditions and demand for expor... |
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Iran Business Forecast Report
68 pages ISSN: 1474-1474 Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly External Pressures, Domestic Problems The international crisis over Iran’s uranium enrichment programme continues to overshadow the economy, political climate and business environment outlook. In the last few months the US has extended economic measures against the Islamic Republic, while Iran has defiantly bo... |
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Iraq Business Forecast Report
60 pages ISSN: 1743-842X Pub date: December 3 2008 Quarterly Security Gains To Spur On Growth Iraq’s economy is dominated by the oil sector and so falling global prices in the latter half of 2008 present a considerable risk. The impending global slowdown means that we may not see a recovery in prices in the short-to-medium term. Nevertheless, we expect Iraq’s post-war ec... |
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Israel Business Forecast Report
64 pages ISSN: 1479-6112 Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly Political Change Looms As we move into 2009, Israel faces serious challenges on all fronts. Politically, general elections in February are likely to bring in a Likud-dominated government, posing risks to peace negotiations with the Palestinians and indirect talks with Syria. Tensions with Hamas are rising onc... |
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Jordan, Lebanon & Syria Business Forecast Report
66 pages ISSN: 1479-6287 Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly A Challenging Year All Round As we move into 2 009 there is barely a country in the world for which BMI had not revised down its growth forecasts, and Jordan, Lebanon and Syria are no exceptions. The global climate is growth-negative, with investor risk appetite, liquidity conditions and demand for exported g... |
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Kuwait Business Forecast Report
68 pages ISSN: 1479-6228 Pub date: December 24 2008 Quarterly New Year, New Challenges As we move into 2009, the world is looking quite a different place, with a new US president and unprecedented financial crisis making for an interesting global backdrop. For Kuwait, the new president is unlikely to mean any substantial changes to security. With his less hawkish attitude... |
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Oman & Yemen Business Forecast Report
78 pages ISSN: 1750-216X Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly Oman: A Challenging Year Ahead Oman is slowly reforming some of its key political institutions, with much of the impetus coming from external pressure on the government. The US State Department’s naming of the sultanate as one of a number of countries which had not done enough to stop human trafficking has le... |
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Qatar Business Forecast Report
66 pages ISSN: 1748-2380 Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly Downward Growth Revision But Stable Polity The global macroeconomic outlook has taken a considerable turn for the worse over the past few months and we now see global growth coming in at just 2.0% in 2009 and 3.5% in 2010, although risks are to the downside. We do not see Qatar as being able to insulate itsel... |
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Saudi Arabia Business Forecast Report
56 pages ISSN: 1470-7349 Pub date: December 3 2008 Quarterly Slowdown Ahead... But Not The End Of The World The outlook remains significantly gloomier as we move into 2009 than it was this time last year, with lower oil prices, a crashing stock market, a slowing global economy and concerns over a possible housing market correction, led by Dubai, all feeding through into ... |
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Turkey Business Forecast Report
68 pages ISSN: 1470-7357 Pub date: December 22 2008 Quarterly Facing A Recession The real macroeconomic effects of the global credit crunch have already begun to play out in Turkey and we expect a continuation into 2009. Aggregate demand indicators are likely to weaken further dragging on private consumption growth and pushing gross fixed capital formation growth into ... |
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United Arab Emirates Business Forecast Report
64 pages ISSN: 1470-7373 Pub date: December 5 2008 Quarterly Property Market Raising Macro Concerns The deterioration of the global economic outlook, tighter liquidity conditions in the Gulf, regulatory developments and rising expectations of a property market downturn are all weighing on our outlook for the UAE real estate sector. All the signs currently suggest that th... |