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 >Egypt investment minister aims for 7 pct growth in 2 yrsID:nL5N0ET3LT >Syrian pound tumbles to record low on talk of rebel aidID:nL5N0ET3IM >Total acquires new interest in Iraqi Kurdish oil blockID:nL5N0ET2T0 >Egypt bond yields up at auction, central bank cuts saleID:nL5N0ET2JG >Loss-making Abu Dhabi tourism company sells developmentID:nL5N0ET2NG >Tunisia may spend over $1 bln to recapitalise banksID:nL5N0ET2MI >Egypt sells $608.5 mln dollar-denominated T-billsID:nL5N0ET287 >UAE revives bourse merger idea after huge aluminium dealID:nL5N0ET1IX >Morocco's five-month trade deficit narrows 7.3 pctID:nL5N0ET1T1 >Libyan crude oil output partly recovers after protestsID:nL5N0ET1FV >Yemen to get $144 mln Arab Monetary Fund loan in 2013ID:nL5N0ET13Q >India cuts Iran oil imports 42 pct, takes other crudesID:nL3N0EQ2O7 >Saudi Aramco-Dow JV confirms finance for $19 bln projectID:nL5N0ET0XI >Turkish March unemployment rate rises to 10.1 percentID:nI7N0E401K ANALYSIS >PREVIEW-Turkey c.bank seen staying on hold despite liraID:nL5N0EQ1O1 >U.S. shale forces adjustment in Saudi oil prices: KempID:nL5N0ET0R0 >BREAKINGVIEWS-Turkey's economy is vulnerableID:nL5N0ET0Y1 >Islamic finance in Tunisia may hit 25-40 pct share-studyID:nL5N0ES02S >Egyptian anger grows over Suez Canal development planID:nL5N0EH21T >Qatar leadership shift would herald little policy changeID:nL5N0EN20A >Iran oilfields could spring back from Western sanctionsID:nL5N0EP0WZ >Iran boosts wheat buying to secure post-election suppliesID:nL5N0EQ1SD >UAE finances strengthening but risks in Dubai - IMFID:nL5N0EP0FO >Egypt's Brotherhood turns to flour powerID:nL3N0EO1YE >MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-MSCI puts Gulf on investment mapID:nL5N0EN2HN >MIDEAST DEBT-Global economics outweigh politics in TurkeyID:nL5N0EN064 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 18, 2013
