Kuwait Archive
Gulf
The Gulf's retail market is set to become a USD 221 billion industry by 2015, growing remarkable at 7.9% each year for the next three years, according to
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Featured UAE
A 5.2% correction in the Dubai Financial Market in the month of March took the shine off an otherwise stellar quarter for the emirate and the wider Gulf
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Kuwait
While OPEC may not take action at its meeting on December 12, most analysts expect the group to cut production in the new year or face depressed crude
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Kuwait
Kuwaitis have seen a fair number of elections in recent years, but the one being held on December 1 may turn out to be the most significant for
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Featured Islamic Finance
Regional banks had the lowest cost-to-income ratios in the world. The Banker magazine's data shows Middle Eastern banks average cost-to-income ratio was 39.69%, down from 41.37% last year
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Featured Qatar
100 new faces
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Kuwait
Report of Kuwaiti interest in Canadian oil sands companies highlights the treasure trove of oil riches in the North American country.
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Kuwait
The failed Kuwait-Dow Chemical mega deal is regarded as one of the biggest examples of how the Kuwaiti parliament has hindered the country's economic progress.
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Kuwait
Ibrahim Dabdoub's criticism of Kuwait's economic malaise highlights the banking sector's frustration over lack of government reforms and lethargic private sector growth.
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Kuwait
As the EU crisis worsens, GCC banks are likely to face a higher demand for corporate loans as capital market liquidity tightens....
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Kuwait
Here's a list Qatar would not want to top: The World Wild Life Fund (WWF) has ranked Qatar as the country with the largest ecological footprint per capita
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Bahrain
TweetThe timing could not have been more inconvenient. In the week Gulf leaders met to discuss ways to create a more unified group, similar to an ‘EU model’,
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Kuwait
Virtually all of Kuwait's key macroeconomic indicators are pointing upwards. But political wranglings could rein in growth once again
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Egypt
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth.
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Featured Qatar
Nobody even considered looking at MENA states last year, as news of Arab Spring-related crisis, instability and the Iran conflict dominated the headlines.
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Egypt & MENA
Around 11 million SMEs remain unserved or underserved in the Middle East, presenting a massive USD15-billion opportunity for the banking industry
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Bahrain
Barclays Capital expects GCC economies to rise 5.4% this year, but Citibank worries that a sudden drop in oil prices could leave the states with a dilemma: whether
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Featured Qatar
Which regional companies and countries stand to lose in the event that Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz? Ratings agency Standard & Poor's takes a look
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Bahrain
In the first part of the 2012 regional economic prospects, a look at oil-rich countries' efforts to manage their citizens' expectations, economic slowdown and regional and domestic political
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Kuwait
Kuwait's Finance Minister warns that the state's rising wages and subsidies bill could lead to the devaluation of the dinar and compel the state to sell off assets
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Featured Qatar
While their global counterparts slash and burn, Gulf banks are collectively set for their best year - ever -- according to KAMCO.
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Bahrain
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that issuers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries face rising refinancing risks over the next three years because the amount
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Read the ten major forecasts from Opec's latest World Oil Outlook, ranging from the challenges and prospects for oil developers to the intense competition they will face over
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Kuwait
TweetThe Kuwaiti healthcare sector offers tremendous opportunities, given the rising population and an under-explored healthcare sector that’s largely driven by the public sector. The government is keen for
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Bahrain
Middle East retail rents staganted in the 2010/11 period which ended in June, according to research consultants Cushman & Wakefield (C&W;).
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Bahrain
The UAE which is more aligned than other regional states to global economic cycles, saw its PMI fall from 57.5 in April to 51.0 in July, suggesting
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Bahrain
Lebanon's Riad Salameh is ranked as one of the world's best central bankers. But which Mideast bank governor fares worse than Ben Bernanke and Jean-Claude Trichet? Surprising answer
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Egypt
As the global economy lurches from one crisis to the next, we look at the prospects for the regional economies in troubling global conditions which could slash domestic
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Egypt
Give the public what they want
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Kuwait
TweetOil-dependent Kuwait may find a new revenue stream to support its rising spending needs if VAT is implemented by the authorities in 2013, according to the IMF. READ
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Bahrain
TweetGulf markets have lagged other global emerging and developed markets for years. Even as the S&P 500 and other emerging market indices rescaled their pre-Lehman levels, Gulf markets
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Iraq
TweetOpec’s annual bulletin reveals the changing dynamics of the energy industry and the key challenges facing both the producers and the consumers. Click through the charts to find
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Bahrain
TweetThe Arab World’s tryst with democracy and freedom is unlikely to bear economic fruits, according to a study. Instead, we could well see a gridlock political environment and
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Africa
TweetSpring is nearly six months old. It is time to take stock, remember those who lost their lives and continue to fight, and hand out some well-deserved awards
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Bahrain
With Opec seemingly irrelevant, the GCC is trying to find a balance between responsible crude suppliers and their own domestic needs
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Bahrain
TweetThe potential inclusion of Morocco and Jordan in the GCC fold should be taken for what it is – a political move by the Gulf states to widen
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Africa
TweetClose to $1.6-trillion worth of projects are cancelled or are on hold in the Middle East and East North African market, with $800-billion in the UAE alone, according
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Africa
TweetJordan and Morocco’s possible inclusion in the Gulf is a political move rather than an economic one, but there might be other - unlikely - candidates in the
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Bahrain
TweetThe Arab World’s foreign assets will rise to a stunning $2.2-trillion this year, says the IIF. But the key to growth in the region will not be financial
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Bahrain
TweetWith Japan shaken by the quake and China looking at hard landing, the Gulf’s two largest partners are going through a tumultuous period, which could impact their trade
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Kuwait
TweetA report that Abu Dhabi could be a cornerstone investor in Glencore has sent many Googling for the company to find out more. Here is what you need
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Kuwait
TweetDonald Trump’s recent hysterical comments on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are set to put more pressure on President Obama. Expect
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Kuwait
TweetKuwait’s oil-dependent economy needs the $104-bn Kuwait Development Plan to shake off its lethargy. But the plan may become another victim of the country’s political stalemate. READ MORE
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Bahrain
TweetRatings agencies have an uncanny knack of turning up at morgues and pronouncing the death of the deceased, so it should have been no surprise that Standard &
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Bahrain
TweetMost Gulf states offer some of the lowest tax rates to Forbes 2000 companies. But is there a link between the trouble in other Middle East states and
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Bahrain
Tweet Saudi Arabia needs oil prices to remain at $83 to $ 88 a barrel to breakeven - almost double of what it was three years ago. Rising
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Bahrain
TweetWhat were the MENA region’s best performing stocks in the first quarter - more importantly, which were the worst that burnt investors, including one that fell 99.02% in
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Bahrain
TweetSaudi Arabia’s gold reserves dwarf Libya’s hordings. Here is a selected list of countries with the biggest gold reserves, including almost every Middle East nation.
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Bahrain
TweetRead why EFG-Hermes is worried about Omani and Bahraini growth. And the bank’s insightful regional heat map that neatly highlights problem areas. Read the full story here
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Bahrain
TweetJust when analysts were giving up on a truly unified GCC, the six states have closed ranks with the unmistakable presence of Saudi tanks and soldiers on Bahraini
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Egypt
TweetWhat the Forbes billionaire list may tell us about the problems of wealth-distribution in the Middle East. Read More
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Africa
TweetThe rulers and royal families of the Arab World directly control more than $240-billion of investments in publicly-listed firms, surpassing SWF and government institutions, according to data. Read
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Bahrain
TweetQuantitative easing and stimulus packages in the Gulf region are not enough if they are not backed by a healthy dose of social and political reforms. Read More
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