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IMF Board Takes Egypt’s Seventh Review of a 6.1 Billion SDR Programme
July 29, 2026August 15, 2026

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.

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Global Hunger Falls for a Third Straight Year to About 645 Million People in 2025, a UN Report Says
July 22, 2026August 15, 2026

The number of people facing hunger around the world fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, to about 645 million, or 7.8 percent of the global population, according to the latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published jointly by five United Nations agencies on 21 July 2026….

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The IEA Warns of Renewed Oil Supply Risk as Gulf Exports Stay Below Pre-War Levels and Brent Trades Above 91 Dollars
July 21, 2026August 15, 2026

The International Energy Agency has warned that the security of oil supply has come under renewed strain, saying that an escalation in hostilities affecting the Strait of Hormuz and regional energy infrastructure has increased concerns over the flow of crude to world markets. In a statement on 21 July, the agency also pointed to emerging…

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Energy & Commodities | EU | IMF | Macro

IMF Sees Euro-Area Growth Slowing to 0.9 Percent in 2026 as an Energy Shock Lifts Inflation
July 18, 2026August 15, 2026

The International Monetary Fund projected euro-area growth slowing to about 0.9 percent in 2026 and 1.2 percent in 2027, down from 1.4 percent in 2025, as it concluded its 2026 Article IV consultation on common policies for the currency bloc in a press release dated 16 July 2026. The Fund put headline inflation at roughly…

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Global | IMF | Kuwait | Macro | Middle East | Qatar | Saudi Arabia

IMF Projects Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq to Contract in 2026 on the Strait of Hormuz Disruption, With Double-Digit Growth Rebounds Seen in 2027
July 18, 2026August 15, 2026

The International Monetary Fund expects several Gulf economies, including Kuwait, to contract in 2026 as the disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz weighs on oil output and export routes, before a sharp recovery in 2027, according to its July World Economic Outlook Update. The Fund cut projected growth for the wider Middle East…

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Energy & Commodities | Global | OPEC

OPEC Cuts Its 2026 Oil Demand Growth Forecast to 0.8 Million Barrels a Day
July 13, 2026August 15, 2026

OPEC trimmed its forecast for global oil demand growth this year to about 0.8 million barrels a day, down from around 1.0 million a month earlier, in its monthly report published on Monday, a downgrade that lands just as the group and its allies keep returning barrels to the market. The cut, concentrated in the…

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Macro | Middle East | Rating Agencies | Saudi Arabia

Fitch Affirms Saudi Arabia at A+ With a Stable Outlook, Citing Resilient Public Finances Through the Hormuz Disruption
July 12, 2026August 15, 2026

Fitch Ratings affirmed Saudi Arabia’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at A+ with a stable outlook late on Friday, saying the kingdom’s fiscal and external balance sheets have held up through the regional conflict, with government debt and sovereign net foreign assets considerably stronger than the medians of both A and AA rated peers and…

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Energy & Commodities | Global | IEA

Inside the IEA’s July Report: Supply Rebounds 4.1 Million Barrels a Day as Gulf Exports Claw Back and the Agency Maps the Road Back to Surplus
July 11, 2026August 15, 2026

Global oil supply rebounded by a sharp 4.1 million barrels a day to 98.8 million barrels a day in June as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz partially resumed, the International Energy Agency said in its July Oil Market Report, offering the most detailed accounting yet of how the market is healing from one…

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IEA, IMF, World Bank and WTO Chiefs Say the Global Economy Is Broadly Resilient to the War’s Shock but Impacts Are Uneven
July 10, 2026August 15, 2026

The heads of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization said the global economy “has been broadly resilient” to the shock from the war in the Middle East, but warned that the impacts remain highly uneven across energy supplies, food security, commodities and economic activity,…

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Global Foreign Investment Rose 6 Percent in 2025 but the Rebound Was Uneven, UNCTAD Says
July 9, 2026August 15, 2026

Global foreign direct investment rose about 6 percent to 1.6 trillion dollars in 2025, ending two years of decline, but the recovery was unevenly spread and left many developing economies behind, the United Nations trade and development body UNCTAD said in its World Investment Report 2026, published on 7 July. The report described a global…

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Egypt’s Core Inflation Rises to 14.3 Percent in June from 13.8 Percent While Headline Eases to 14.3 Percent from 14.6 Percent

OECD Says Job Markets Remain Strong but Real Wages Are Lagging as Pay Growth Cools to 2.2 Percent

IMF Trims 2026 Global Growth to 3.0 Percent and Raises Its Inflation Forecast as Conflict and a Technology Boom Pull the World Economy Both Ways

World Bank Sees China’s Growth Slowing to 4.4 Percent in 2026 as Rebalancing Toward Consumption Stays Gradual

Egypt’s Net International Reserves Climb to a Record US$55.1 Billion in June in the Biggest Monthly Jump of the Year

IMF Sees Algeria’s Growth Holding Near 3.8 Percent in 2026 While Urging Fiscal Consolidation

OECD Inflation Rises to 4.6 Percent in May as Energy Costs Climb and a New Jobs Report Warns of Widening Regional Divides

Kuwait Rebuilds Oil Output Toward 2.66 Million Barrels a Day as a Modernised KPC Law Anchors the Push to 4 Million by 2035

OPEC Oil Output Jumps in June as Gulf Exports Recover Ahead of a July Supply Decision

World Bank Lifts Jordan to Upper Middle Income as First Quarter Growth Accelerates

World Bank Approves a US$700 Million Loan to Support Private Investment and Jobs in Jordan

Egypt Reaches IMF Staff-Level Agreement on Seventh Review, Opening Door to About US$1.6 Billion

IMF Board Takes Egypt’s Seventh Review of a 6.1 Billion SDR Programme

Global Hunger Falls for a Third Straight Year to About 645 Million People in 2025, a UN Report Says

The IEA Warns of Renewed Oil Supply Risk as Gulf Exports Stay Below Pre-War Levels and Brent Trades Above 91 Dollars

IMF Sees Euro-Area Growth Slowing to 0.9 Percent in 2026 as an Energy Shock Lifts Inflation

IMF Projects Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq to Contract in 2026 on the Strait of Hormuz Disruption, With Double-Digit Growth Rebounds Seen in 2027

OPEC Cuts Its 2026 Oil Demand Growth Forecast to 0.8 Million Barrels a Day

Fitch Affirms Saudi Arabia at A+ With a Stable Outlook, Citing Resilient Public Finances Through the Hormuz Disruption

Inside the IEA’s July Report: Supply Rebounds 4.1 Million Barrels a Day as Gulf Exports Claw Back and the Agency Maps the Road Back to Surplus

IEA, IMF, World Bank and WTO Chiefs Say the Global Economy Is Broadly Resilient to the War’s Shock but Impacts Are Uneven

Global Foreign Investment Rose 6 Percent in 2025 but the Rebound Was Uneven, UNCTAD Says