Tuesday 2 July 2013

Midyear review of MENA economies - Your Middle East

"A large portion of the different countries' outlooks are either determined by or heavily dependent on factors outside their control, writes Bassam Aoun in his roundup of a number of MENA economies.
As the year has passed its midway mark, changes are still reverberating throughout the region. Governments across the MENA are fighting for legitimacy to this day, often mired in an atmosphere ridden with public skepticism.

Economies have been shouldering a significant amount of the socio-political pressure, subsequently adding to several of these governments’ woes. Some administrations, however, have been capitalizing on newfound opportunities, supplementing a growing divide between nations that are facing a positive outlook and those facing a negative one.

The cross-section analysis of some of the region’s economies below provides a freeze-frame panoramic view of the state of these countries’ markets, based solely on economic figures and credit reports."

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