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Bahrain’s interest bill now tops this year’s maturities as the Iran war guts its oil revenue
Bahrain spent USD 2.8 bn servicing its debt in 2025, or 37% of revenue, and its 2026 budget implies USD…
Oil carried Oman’s GDP growth in 1H, but construction, hospitality, and transport all shrank in real terms
FDI fell 44%, and three-quarters of what came in went to oil and gas
Lebanon raises bread prices as fuel costs pile pressure on MENA’s net energy importers
Net energy importers from Beirut to Cairo are running out of room to absorb fuel-price shocks
The end of cheap money
Happy Friday, wonderful people. Cheap money ended in three time zones this week as rates went up in Washington on…
Widest protests since Assad’s fall put Syrian government fuel price hike on trial
Damascus is trying to close a USD 1 bn budget hole, and is reaching for Saudi tech players to help…
S&P and Fitch keep Jordan and Tunisia stable as donor money and central bank loans hold the line
Both countries are also energy importers who are paying for the war the same way
Qatar posts widest deficit in a decade as gas exports plunge
The first half’s combined QAR 31.5 bn deficit has already blown past the entire QAR 22 bn shortfall Doha budgeted…
Fitch affirms Qatar at AA, but negative outlook holds on war uncertainty
The impact of the ongoing war on Qatar’s credit profile remains unclear, Fitch says
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