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International Organizations · Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Only 4.5 percent of jobs in developing economies face automation risk from generative artificial intelligence, against 14.2 percent in high-income countries, the…
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Energy & Commodities · Aug 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Seven OPEC+ countries approved a combined increase of 188,000 barrels a day in their oil production targets from September, completing the phased…
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Egypt · Aug 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Reports circulated on 31 July and 1 August that Egypt had raised household electricity prices by an average of 12 percent while…
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Global · Jul 31, 2026 · 8 min read
The IMF reports global current account balances widened in 2025, with oil exporter surpluses shrinking and excessive imbalances accounting for a larger…
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IMF · Jul 30, 2026 · 6 min read
The International Monetary Fund expects Saudi economic growth of 1.7 percent in 2026 before a rebound to 5.5 percent in 2027, as…
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Bahrain · Jul 30, 2026 · 11 min read
Five Arab economies are projected to carry general government gross debt above 80 percent of gross domestic product in 2026, according to…
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Energy & Commodities · Jul 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Seven OPEC Plus producers meet on 2 August having raised August targets by 188 thousand barrels a day, the third consecutive month…
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Macro · Jul 29, 2026 · 7 min read
The UAE listed its first sovereign retail Treasury Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai on 2 July, drawing 445 million dirhams at 4.30 percent,…
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EU · Jul 29, 2026 · 9 min read
The Bundesbank puts the average US import tariff at almost 12 percent against 2.3 percent in 2024, and models an escalation that…
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Egypt · Jul 29, 2026 · 5 min read
The IMF Executive Board takes Egypt on 30 July, with SDR 2,226.03 million undrawn under an Extended Fund Facility that expires in…
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Global · Jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read
The number of people facing hunger around the world fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, to about 645 million, or…
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Energy & Commodities · Jul 21, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency has warned that the security of oil supply has come under renewed strain, saying that an escalation in…
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Only 4.5 percent of jobs in developing economies face automation risk from generative artificial intelligence, against 14.2 percent in high-income countries, the World Bank Group said on 4 August in its World Development Report 2026, subtitled The Promise of Artificial Intelligence. Jobs in wealthy nations are, in the bank’s phrasing, more than three times as…
Seven OPEC+ countries approved a combined increase of 188,000 barrels a day in their oil production targets from September, completing the phased return of the voluntary supply cuts announced in April 2023. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman agreed on the adjustment during a virtual meeting on Sunday, 2 August. OPEC said…
Reports circulated on 31 July and 1 August that Egypt had raised household electricity prices by an average of 12 percent while holding the lowest consumption bracket unchanged. No August 2026 tariff schedule is published on the regulator’s site as of 1 August: EgyptERA’s August page returns a 404 and the current published schedule remains…
The IMF reports global current account balances widened in 2025, with oil exporter surpluses shrinking and excessive imbalances accounting for a larger share of the total.
The International Monetary Fund expects Saudi economic growth of 1.7 percent in 2026 before a rebound to 5.5 percent in 2027, as disruption to shipping and oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz gives way to a recovery in both oil and non-oil activity. The Fund’s Executive Board completed its 2026 Article IV consultation with…
Five Arab economies are projected to carry general government gross debt above 80 percent of gross domestic product in 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook database published in April 2026. Sudan and Bahrain lead the ranking, followed by Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan. Together the five are projected to owe the equivalent…
Seven OPEC Plus producers meet on 2 August having raised August targets by 188 thousand barrels a day, the third consecutive month at that increment, into a year the International Energy Agency expects global demand to contract.
The UAE listed its first sovereign retail Treasury Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai on 2 July, drawing 445 million dirhams at 4.30 percent, against a federal auction programme where short dirham yields rose about 30 basis points through the first half of 2026.
The Bundesbank puts the average US import tariff at almost 12 percent against 2.3 percent in 2024, and models an escalation that doubles the damage.
The IMF Executive Board takes Egypt on 30 July, with SDR 2,226.03 million undrawn under an Extended Fund Facility that expires in December.