Economies in the Middle East and North Africa are coping with the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings and an unstable global environment. Many have boosted fiscal spending to sustain growth and head off popular discontent, putting the government finances of some under pressure, although the budgets of most Gulf oil exporters are still comfortably in surplus. Click on the links below to see the latest major stories. NEWS >Oil rises to $93, Norway strike cuts North Sea outputID:nL6E8HQ60G >Egypt 2012/13 cotton crop seen down 42 pct-US attacheID:nL2E8HQG7U >EXCLUSIVE-Tycoon nears deal for Drydocks' S.Asia opsID:nL6E8HQAVH >World oil supply up but spare capacity tight-EIAID:nL2E8HQ7SU >Turkey, Azerbaijan sign accord on $7 bln gas pipelineID:nL6E8HQAVA >IMF says stands ready to support EgyptID:nL2E8HQ39K >Iraq to fine Asiacell, Korek for failing to listID:nL6E8HQFI2 >Dubai's Tamweel in rare Gulf securitisationID:nL6E8HQ6Y1 >Saudi May money supply growth at 17-month lowID:nL6E8HQ0BS >S.Korea to halt Iran oil imports as EU ban bitesID:nL3E8HQ0NQ >Bahrain eyes 10-year benchmark bond this week - leadsID:nL6E8HQ4H5 >Tunisia to issue U.S.-backed $400-450 mln bond in JulyID:nL6E8HPELN ANALYSIS >Oil supply leap may risk price collapse-Harvard analysisID:nL2E8HQG7L >Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-endID:nL6E8EU1VI >Falling oil prices put Iran over U.S. sanctions barrelID:nL2E8HQF6V >New Egypt president has tight window on economyID:nL6E8HP94M >Saudi Arabia keeps oil tap on for world growthID:nL5E8HJGHB >BREAKINGVIEWS-Oil markets could snap at the shortsID:nL3E8HQ410 >Oil forecasters play snakes and ladders: John KempID:nL6E8HP1LZ >MIDEAST DEBT-Bahrain bought despite deficit, unrestID:nL5E8HJEK9 >UAE bank sector to see slow but sustainable growth -SICOID:nL3E8HL36R >Gulf sukuk funds grow but liquidity is problemID:nL6E8EI0SA >BREAKINGVIEWS-UBS royal pickle reveals Gulf M&A minefieldID:nL5E8HL47P >MIDEAST MONEY-Gulf banks eye Europeans' Mideast assetsID:nL5E8HIFPA GRAPHICS >Gulf growth rates and the oil pricehttp://r.reuters.com/xan93s >Turkish c/a deficit and exchange ratehttp://link.reuters.com/bev24s >Turkish interest rates and inflationhttp://link.reuters.com/tev24s >Projected Iraq oil exports, fiscal statehttp://link.reuters.com/pyv47s >Saudi interbank rates and bank lendinghttp://link.reuters.com/rez47s >Economic sanctions vs Iranhttp://link.reuters.com/qeh85s >Qatar real estate credit growthhttp://link.reuters.com/qaz46s >Saudi Arabian budgethttp://link.reuters.com/det85s >Saudi defence budgethttp://link.reuters.com/rab26s >Iran oil sales by countryhttp://link.reuters.com/pyw35s >UAE trade with Iranhttp://link.reuters.com/teb26s >GCC current account surpluseshttp://link.reuters.com/nek55s >Yemen economic indicatorshttp://link.reuters.com/xuv45s >Car sales in the Gulfhttp://link.reuters.com/jam94s >MENA growth vs emerging worldhttp://link.reuters.com/kez44s >Interactive on Middle East economyhttp://r.reuters.com/hyc95s >Saudi oil outputhttp://link.reuters.com/vyt93s >Saudi oil demandhttp://link.reuters.com/vah34s >Saudi population growthhttp://link.reuters.com/ryf24s >Saudi GDP vs energy usehttp://link.reuters.com/xuf24s ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com)(+9715 6681 7277)(Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: ECONOMY MIDEAST
TAKE A LOOK - Economies in the Middle East and North Africa
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa are coping with the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings and an unstable global environment. Many have boosted fiscal spending to sustain growth and head off popular discontent, putting the government finances of some under pressure, although the budgets of most Gulf oil exporters are still comfortably in surplus. Click on the links below to
June 27, 2012
