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22 January 2019

World’s Largest Cities: How the pecking order is changing

The world’s urban population has grown rapidly in the last few decades. What’s more interesting is that future increases in the size of the world’s population are expected to be highly concentrated in just a handful of the world’s largest cities. As the diagram below shows, Asia’s largest cities together will account for around two-third of the overall projected population...

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19 December 2018

Real GDP Growth Rate (in %)

The inflation-adjusted GDP growth in all economies of the Arabian Gulf region is poised to gather momentum from this year through 2021. As the infographics shows, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait are forecast to see a great leap from negative GDP growth in 2017 to a positive one from this year. Oil price stabilization is expected to ease fiscal pressure...

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17 December 2018

GCC Fiscal Balance ( as a % of GDP)

Stronger oil revenues, pick-up in the non-oil sector growth, and fiscal and structural reforms will help GCC economies to strike a right balance between revenues and expenditure in the near term. As the infographics below shows, most GCC countries are expected to see tangible improvements in their fiscal positions, although they are forecast to remain in negative territory in Saudi...

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16 December 2018

GCC Current Account Balance ( as a % of GDP)

The recent recovery in oil prices and the easing of fiscal consolidation are boosting near-term growth prospects of the GCC economies. Look at the infographics below that explains how their current account balance, as a percentage of GDP, is projected to recover in 2018 and 2019. However, the hard truth is: much of this positive outlook remains subject to volatility...

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12 December 2018

GCC Inflation Rate (in %)

GCC countries are projected to see the inflation level hardening in 2018 through 2021 from 2017 level. The recovery in oil prices is encouraging more pro-growth fiscal policies in the GCC, prompting governments to push fiscal spending and expansionary budgeting course. However, this fiscal push coupled with the effects of the VAT and rising fuel prices, runs the risk of...

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11 December 2018

Power of Passport – GCC Comparison

Not all passports are the same when it comes to having cross-border access around the globe. The citizens of the #GCC countries are slowly, but surely, becoming more global and more powerful, if their passports are any indication. Take for instance, the holders of the UAE passport who can now travel to 167 countries (the most by any passport holder)...

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10 December 2018

GCC’s Top Islamic Banks by Assets

The Islamic banking sector continues to grow in size and dominance in the GCC region. Our infographic below takes a peek at the largest Islamic banks in the region based on their assets. Top five banks capture 60% assets share. Five of the 19 biggest banks are based in Kuwait, 4 each in the UAE and Bahrain, and 3 each...

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9 December 2018

YTD 2018 Returns of GCC Equity Indices

In many ways the story of the GCC equity markets in 2018 has been the one of two extremes. On one end of the spectrum is Dubai benchmark that remains the biggest drag, on the other end is Qatar that blazed the trail. But then 2 key questions arise: One, have the recent sell-offs made valuations attractive in Dubai and...

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4 December 2018

Private Sector Credit Growth (in %)

Subdued oil prices, over the last few years, have impacted private sector credit growth in the GCC region owing to a weak macroeconomic backdrop and muted non-oil economic growth. As the diagram below shows, as oil prices have been rebounding, albeit slowly, this is expected to propel private sector credit growth in 2018 in most of the Arabian Gulf countries...

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