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The latest verified economic news, official data and analysis on Jordan, from The Edge for Economic Consultancy.
Macro · Jul 2, 2026 · 5 min read
The World Bank has reclassified Jordan as an upper-middle-income economy in its annual income classifications effective 1 July, a milestone that coincides…
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Macro · Jul 2, 2026 · 3 min read
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$700 million loan for Jordan to help convert macroeconomic stability into stronger…
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Markets · Jun 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Jordan has launched a 35 million euro programme to strengthen its industrial sector and support small businesses, in a fresh push to…
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Markets · Jun 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Jordan's exports to the European Union rose 49.3 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, a notable gain…
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Two releases from Jordan’s Department of Statistics describe an industrial sector whose costs turned sharply upward in a single month after being negative for most of the year. The Producer Price Index rose 6.62 percent in May 2026 against May 2025, the Department reported on 23 July, alongside a monthly gain of 0.60 percent. The…
The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance issued Jordan’s first blue bond on Wednesday, a 100 million dollar loan note subscribed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as the first tranche of a 200 million dollar program, Jordan’s official Petra news agency reported. Proceeds will fund sustainable water projects, primarily the National Water…
Oman and Jordan have established a joint investment company with capital of 38.5 million Omani rials, about 100 million dollars, to expand economic cooperation and channel capital into a range of productive sectors, the two countries announced. The venture pairs the Oman Investment Authority, the sultanate’s sovereign wealth fund, with Jordan’s Social Security Investment Fund,…
Real-estate trading in Jordan exceeded 3 billion dinars in the first half of 2026, with the Department of Lands and Survey reporting total trading of 3.042 billion dinars, equivalent to about 4.29 billion dollars, for the January to June period. The half-year total was 3 percent lower than the 3.132 billion dinars recorded a year…
The World Bank has reclassified Jordan as an upper-middle-income economy in its annual income classifications effective 1 July, a milestone that coincides with a pickup in Jordanian growth to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2026. It is a rare category change: Jordan was one of only five economies worldwide to move up from…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$700 million loan for Jordan to help convert macroeconomic stability into stronger private investment, faster growth and more jobs, the second operation in a programmatic reform series. The financing, the Jordan Growth and Competitiveness Development Policy Financing II, supports government reforms aimed at improving the…
Jordan has launched a 35 million euro programme to strengthen its industrial sector and support small businesses, in a fresh push to turn manufacturing into a bigger engine of growth and exports. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply unveiled the “Leadership in Industry” programme on Sunday, funded by the German government and delivered through…
Jordan’s exports to the European Union rose 49.3 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, a notable gain for a small economy working to diversify its trade away from a turbulent neighbourhood. Exports to the bloc reached 218 million dinars, up from 146 million dinars in the same period a year…