Record Nr.

UNINA9910455707303321

Titolo

Regional economic outlook Middle East and Central Asia / / International Monetary Fund

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2007
©2007

ISBN

1-4623-6534-5

1-4527-5336-9

1-283-53823-7

1-4519-4836-0

9786613850683

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (69 p.)

Collana

World Economic and Financial Surveys

Disciplina

338.097705

Soggetti

Economic forecasting - Middle East

Economic forecasting - Asia, Central

Electronic books.

Middle East Economic conditions

Asia, Central Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Assumptions and Conventions; Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects; Highlights; Background; Recent Economic Developments; Figures; 1 Global real GDP growth; Boxes; 1 Maghreb: Growth Performance and R Remaining Challenges maining; 2 MCD real GDP growth; 3 External current account balance; 4 Non-oil commodity prices; 2 Oil Developments-An Update; 5 Gross officia official reserves; 6 Central government fiscal balance; 7 Total government debt; 8 Monetary developments; 9 Credit to the private sector; 10 Consumer prices; 11 Nominal effective exchange rates

12 Real effective exchange rates13 Selected stock market indices; 3 Regional Impact of the 2 2007 Global Credit Squeeze 07; Economic Outlook; World economic outlook; 14 Global outlook; 15 Brent crude oil prices; Outlook for the MCD region; Policy Issues; 4 Kazakhstan: A

Decad Decade of Economic Progress; 5 Armenia: The Road to a Successful Transition; 6 Egypt: An Emerging Success Story; 7 Pakistan: An Economic Turnaround; 8 The Boom in the GCC: I Is It Sustainable?; 9 The United Arab Emirates: The Race to Prosperity; Statistical Appendix; Data and Conventions; Tables; 1 Real GDP Growth

2 Nominal GDP3 Oil and Non-Oil Real GDP Growth for Oil Exporters; 4 Crude Oil Production and Exports; 5 Consumer Price Inflation; 6 Broad Money; 7 Central Government Fiscal Balance; 8 Central Government Total Revenue Excluding Grants; 9 Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Fiscal Balance; 10 Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Revenue; 11 Central Government Total Expenditure and Net Lending; 12 Total Government Debt; 13 Exports of Goods and Services; 14 Imports of Goods and Services; 15 Current Account Balance (in billions o of U.S. dollars)

16 Current Account Balance (in percent of GDP)17 Real Effective Exchange Rates; 18 Gross Official Reserves; 19 Total Gross Public and Private External Debt

Sommario/riassunto

The Middle East and Central Asia is undergoing a remarkable transformation driven by rapid GDP growth and high oil and non-oil commodity prices. The report presents common economic trends and reviews prospects and policies for the coming year in light of the global economic environment. This latest REO includes boxes treating both regional topics--such as growth in the Maghreb countries; developments in the oil markets; the boom in the GCC countries, and the impact of the recent global credit squeeze on the region--and country-specific reviews, of Kazakhstan, Armenia, Egypt, Pakistan, and the

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UNINA9910137386703321