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 recent major stories. NEWS >Qatar readies new leadership, little policy change seenID:nL5N0EZ0Y2 >Egyptian T-bill yields continue rise ahead of protestsID:nL5N0EZ0L5 >Saudi Arabia awards three virtual telecom licencesID:nL5N0EZ0NS >Egypt bought 3.7 mln T local wheat so far - farm minID:nL5N0EZ0K7 >Dubai Holding unit hires Citi for Axiom stake saleID:nL5N0EZ0JU >Saudi Arabia changes its working week to Sunday-ThursdayID:nL5N0EZ0GN >Dubai's Arabtec extends $650 mln share offer periodID:nL5N0EZ0H0 >Controversial Egypt Islamist quits as Luxor governorID:nL5N0EZ0BH >Dubai Group sells credit card firm to First Gulf BankID:nL5N0EZ04B >Over 1.5 mln foreign workers change status in SaudiID:nL5N0EY04R >Saudi May bank lending growth fastest in 2013ID:nL5N0EY0DG >German, Turkish ministers meet amid tension over EU entryID:nL5N0EY079 >INTERVIEW-Morocco to begin cutting subsidies in two weeksID:nL5N0EX379 >Turkey c.bank tries to calm lira fears, may resume reposID:nL5N0EX1QQ ANALYSIS >MIDEAST DEBT-Bahrain faces dilemma in bond issue decisionID:nL5N0EV0XQ >Iraq's 2013 oil target within reach, 2014 to disappointID:nL5N0EX1OU >Large Swiss traders dominate sales of fuel to EgyptID:nL5N0EX32X >Turkey bankers ponder c.bank's next move after lira slideID:nL5N0EW32D >MIDEAST MONEY-Saudi moves against illegal foreign firmsID:nL5N0EU20V >Security risk clouds Libya's tourism ambitionsID:nL5N0ES0KW >Local, global trends boost Gulf banks as foreign retrenchID:nL5N0EU23A >MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Gulf markets can handle political riskID:nL5N0EU3BQ >Crackdown on black economy may hit Palestinian tobaccoID:nL5N0ES0JU >Syrians turn to dollar as local currency tumblesID:nL5N0EU3LK >ANALYST VIEW: Turkish central bank keeps rates on holdID:nL5N0EU252 >BREAKINGVIEWS-Turkey's economy is vulnerableID:nL5N0ET0Y1 GRAPHICS >Qatar riyal forwards and inflationhttp://link.reuters.com/syv58t >Turkey interest rates and inflationhttp://link.reuters.com/tev24s >Turkey GDP growthhttp://link.reuters.com/fuv52t >Turkey current account and lirahttp://link.reuters.com/bev24s >Countries' energy efficiencyhttp://link.reuters.com/fup27t >Iraq's crude oil exports to Asiahttp://link.reuters.com/gar66t >Saudi spending, revenue and reserveshttp://link.reuters.com/gap75t >GCC current account surpluseshttp://link.reuters.com/nek55s >Dubai CDS, bond yield and stockshttp://link.reuters.com/myg35t >Egyptian stock prices and currency ratehttp://link.reuters.com/xyf25t >Demand for OPEC crude oilhttp://link.reuters.com/pur34t >Output of individual oil producershttp://link.reuters.com/zus54t >Interactive on Middle East economyhttp://link.reuters.com/vuc24t >Planned Gulf rail networkhttp://link.reuters.com/myr63t >Saudi GDP and consumptionhttp://link.reuters.com/ked43t >Is oil too high?http://link.reuters.com/xuh99s >Gulf growth rates and the oil pricehttp://r.reuters.com/xan93s >Gulf diabetes rates against incomehttp://link.reuters.com/ced39s >Projected Iraq oil exports, financeshttp://link.reuters.com/pyv47s >Saudi interbank rates and bank lendinghttp://link.reuters.com/rez47s ((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 24, 2013
