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OPEC: Higher Demand Forecast for Oil, Points to Tighter Markets in 2018

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 11, 2017 | Business

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries predicted higher demand for its oil in 2018 on Wednesday and said its production-cutting deal with rival producers was getting rid of a glut, pointing to a tighter market that could move into a deficit next year....

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Moody’s Places Turkish Year-End Growth Forecast in 2017 at 3.7%

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 1, 2017 | Business

Ankara- International credit rating agency Moody’s has upgraded its year-end growth forecast for Turkey in 2017 from 2.6 percent to 3.7 percent. Turkish exports will exceed $155 billion in 2017 and the target for 2018 will be to reach $170 billion, Economy...

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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika looks on during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

Algeria Restricts Food, Industrial Imports in Move to Mitigate Economic Strain

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 12, 2017 | Business

Algeria- Algeria’s government circulated a list of food and industrial imports that are banned, according to a letter delivered to national banks three days ago, reported Agence France-Presse. Reducing imports is one among many other measures adopted to mitigate the...

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Markets Need to Hear More Details from Trump

by Mohamed A. El-Erian | Mar 9, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress on Tuesday night was wide-ranging in coverage, nationalistic in tone and presidential in delivery. The president repeated many of the themes he advocated during the campaign and has reiterated since the Nov. 8th...

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Tunisia Turns to International Markets to Borrow

by AlMunji alSaidani | Feb 10, 2017 | Business

Tunisia- Tunisia has announced its determination to turn to European financial markets, namely in Germany, to receive EUR1 billion (approximately TND1.437 billion) to support more resources in the state’s treasury. Representatives of Tunisia’s government began holding...