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IMF Puts Egypt Inflation at 16.7 Percent for the Second Half of 2026 and Delays Target Convergence by a Year
August 15, 2026August 15, 2026

The IMF published its 148 page Egypt seventh review staff report on 13 August, projecting inflation of 16.7 percent in the second half of 2026 and delaying target convergence by about a year.

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Rating Agencies

Fitch Affirms the United Kingdom at AA- With Debt Interest Running at Double the Peer Median
August 15, 2026August 15, 2026

Fitch affirmed the United Kingdom at AA- with a stable outlook on 14 August 2026, citing debt and debt interest to revenue each around double the AA peer median.

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Rating Agencies

Fitch Keeps the United States at AA+ and Sees Debt Reaching 123 Percent of GDP
August 14, 2026August 15, 2026

Fitch Ratings affirmed the long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer default ratings of the United States at AA+ with a stable outlook on 13 August 2026, leaving the rating where it has stood since the agency’s downgrade from AAA in 2023. Fitch attributes the rating to the size of the economy, high income per head, a…

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OPEC

OPEC Puts 2026 Oil Demand Growth at 0.6 Million Barrels a Day, a 2.2 Million Gap With the IEA Forecast
August 13, 2026August 15, 2026

OPEC expects world oil demand to grow by about six hundred thousand barrels a day this year, the organization said in its Monthly Oil Market Report published on Wednesday, cutting the forecast by two hundred thousand barrels a day from its July assessment. The figure stands two point two million barrels a day above the…

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International Organizations

African Government Debt Stands at 57 Percent of GDP as Net Interest Takes 14 Percent of Revenue
August 13, 2026August 15, 2026

Median government debt across African economies stood at fifty seven percent of gross domestic product in 2025, about ten percentage points above its pre-pandemic level, while net interest payments absorbed fourteen percent of government revenue, according to a bulletin published by the Bank for International Settlements on Tuesday. The authors note that governments tightened their…

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IEA

IEA Deepens 2026 Oil Demand Fall by 1.6 Million Barrels a Day
August 12, 2026August 15, 2026

World oil demand will fall by one point six million barrels a day in 2026, a deeper contraction than the one million a day it forecast in July, the International Energy Agency said in its Oil Market Report published on Wednesday, pointing to the continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the high fuel…

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World Bank

World Bank Sees AI Lifting 16.2 Percent of Jobs but Warns of Wider Gaps
August 11, 2026August 15, 2026

Artificial intelligence could meaningfully raise productivity in sixteen point two percent of jobs in developing economies, close to the eighteen point seven percent expected in high income countries, while putting a far smaller share of jobs at risk of automation, according to the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2026, released on 4 August. The…

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IMF

Egypt’s Final IMF Review Expected in November as Drawings Reach 7.3 Billion
August 9, 2026August 15, 2026

The eighth and final review of Egypt’s programme with the International Monetary Fund is expected to be completed in November, Mohamed Maait, an Executive Director at the Fund representing a constituency that includes Egypt, said in an interview with Asharq Bloomberg. The Fund’s own schedule sets the review as completable on or after 15 September,…

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World Bank

World Bank Grants Syria 100 Million Dollars to Rebuild Its Payments Backbone
August 9, 2026August 15, 2026

The World Bank has approved a one hundred million dollar grant to modernise Syria’s financial system, its Board of Executive Directors clearing the Syria Financial Sector Modernization Project on 6 August and the Bank announcing it on 7 August. The money is an International Development Association grant, equivalent to seventy three point eight million special…

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UN

Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July
August 8, 2026August 15, 2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index averaged 131.1 points in July 2026, up 0.7 points or 0.6 percent on June and 1.3 points or 1.0 percent above July 2025, the organization reported on 7 August. The index remains 29.1 points, or 18.2 percent, below the peak it reached in March 2022. The stability…

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IMF Puts Egypt Inflation at 16.7 Percent for the Second Half of 2026 and Delays Target Convergence by a Year

Fitch Affirms the United Kingdom at AA- With Debt Interest Running at Double the Peer Median

Fitch Keeps the United States at AA+ and Sees Debt Reaching 123 Percent of GDP

OPEC Puts 2026 Oil Demand Growth at 0.6 Million Barrels a Day, a 2.2 Million Gap With the IEA Forecast

African Government Debt Stands at 57 Percent of GDP as Net Interest Takes 14 Percent of Revenue

IEA Deepens 2026 Oil Demand Fall by 1.6 Million Barrels a Day

World Bank Sees AI Lifting 16.2 Percent of Jobs but Warns of Wider Gaps

Egypt’s Final IMF Review Expected in November as Drawings Reach 7.3 Billion

World Bank Grants Syria 100 Million Dollars to Rebuild Its Payments Backbone

Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July

Fitch Affirms Kuwait at AA- With Net Foreign Assets Seen at 668 Percent of GDP

World Bank finds Egypt’s tax take flat at 12.7 percent of GDP over a decade

IMF Puts Egypt Inflation at 16.7 Percent for the Second Half of 2026 and Delays Target Convergence by a Year

Fitch Affirms the United Kingdom at AA- With Debt Interest Running at Double the Peer Median

Fitch Keeps the United States at AA+ and Sees Debt Reaching 123 Percent of GDP

OPEC Puts 2026 Oil Demand Growth at 0.6 Million Barrels a Day, a 2.2 Million Gap With the IEA Forecast

African Government Debt Stands at 57 Percent of GDP as Net Interest Takes 14 Percent of Revenue

IEA Deepens 2026 Oil Demand Fall by 1.6 Million Barrels a Day

World Bank Sees AI Lifting 16.2 Percent of Jobs but Warns of Wider Gaps

Egypt’s Final IMF Review Expected in November as Drawings Reach 7.3 Billion

World Bank Grants Syria 100 Million Dollars to Rebuild Its Payments Backbone

Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July