... agriculture climate debt digital employment energy environment finance foreign trade growth infrastructure internet investment monetary policy prices reform renewable energy services technology airlines banking party privatisation regional Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Sean...

... monetary policy prices private sector privatisation reform regulation EGYPT: The central bank yesterday kept interest rates unchanged, with the lending rate at 28.25% and the deposit rate at 27.25%. Headline inflation stood at 25.5% in November, the lowest since December 2022, and the bank's...

... AF economy international relations politics banking debt finance fiscal monetary prices privatisation reform talks A shop owner counts birr in Addis Ababa, December 4, 2023 (Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images) Nevertheless, forex reserves have risen faster than initially...

... growth privatisation KUWAIT: In a statement released yesterday following the conclusion of the annual Article IV consultation, the IMF highlights that Kuwait's economy remains in recession. The economy is forecast to contract by 2.8% in 2024, following a contraction of 3.6% in 2023, before...

... trade infrastructure investment privatisation railway transport agriculture government mining unions Transport & logistics A freight train in Zarate, Buenos Aires province (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images) On October 23 the government announced the privatisation...

...Oxford Analytica Significance During the IMF visit, the government’s plan to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) stalled: Islamabad rejected the sole bid, deeming it unsatisfactory. Islamabad’s pursuit of economic reforms aimed at satisfying IMF conditions is taking place against...

... deliver further interest rate reductions in 2025. Legal hurdles and popular resistance will likely continue to hamper privatisation progress. Parliament on November 18 opened public consultations on six new finance-related bills, in an apparent attempt to prevent new protests against tax increases...

... electricity energy fiscal gas investment oil privatisation TURKEY: Turkey's benchmark stock index, BIST 100 Index, closed 1.7% down at 9,232.9 points yesterday. Meanwhile, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said late on November 18 that IPOs are to be offered in four state-owned energy companies...

... equities finance government privatisation public sector reform PAKISTAN: The Ministry of Privatisation yesterday announced the rejection of Blue World City's PKR10bn (USD36mn) bid for a 60% stake in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). A consortium led by the real estate developer was the sole...

... or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2024 Oman ME/NAF economy gas government oil policy privatisation...

... privatisation railway hard commodities soft commodities Transport & logistics ARGENTINA: The government announced yesterday that it would seek to privatise five passenger railway companies, after announcing the planned sale of the state-owned Belgrano Cargas (TAC) cargo railway, which...

... investment privatisation Banks A man painting a sign of the National Bank of Greece (imageBROKER/Shutterstock) Some 330 loans were signed until July 2024, financing investments with a total budget of EUR12.0bn, out of which RRF loans account for EUR5.2bn, bank loans for EUR4.0bn...

...Oxford Analytica Headline ARGENTINA: Airline and energy moves will stoke anger Argentina LA/C economy industry politics airlines electricity prices privatisation strike unions Transport & logistics Electric ARGENTINA: The government will issue a decree...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BAHRAIN: Further partial privatisations will be sought © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... politics social election ethnic finance foreign policy government guerrillas opposition party policy religion assassination civil war constitution debt gender media privatisation protest public sector sport President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Chamila Karunarathne/EPA-EFE...

...Oxford Analytica Headline OMAN: Further part-privatisations by IPOs will follow © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... growth oil policy privatisation UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Preliminary data released yesterday suggest that the economy grew by 3.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, driven by 4.0% growth in the non-oil sector. Trade accounted for 16.1% of that sector, followed by manufacturing (14.6...

... or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2024 Zambia AF economy industry international relations politics black market foreign investment foreign trade legislation metals mining privatisation reform regulation Metals & mining President Hakainde...

... judicial monetary oil policy privatisation public sector Fossil fuels ARGENTINA: According to online media outlet La Politica Online yesterday, state oil company YPF's first-half results show a year-on-year increase of over 400% in its advertising and media spending, to ARS33bn (over...

... The exchange rate float will aggravate inflation and trigger a more restrictive monetary policy with higher interest rates. After the failure of recent privatisation efforts, the government is likely to relaunch new efforts as early as 2025. Painful reforms and IMF disbursements are both heavily front-loaded...