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Morocco’s 2027 budget lifts defense spending, offers sweeping World Cup-related tax breaks
The budget sees Morocco’s deficit coming in at 3% GDP, which is the ceiling its government set out under its…
Morocco’s new government eyes 5% growth, a wider tax base, and more social aid in its five-year plan
El Mansouri’s plan also includes sharp commitments to criminalize illicit enrichment and conflicts of interest
Egypt to widen the pool of companies that can run local investment funds amid push to keep capital at home
Egyptian companies have been setting funds up next door instead of at home. The FRA wants to change that
Algeria’s 2027 budget delivers the last tranche of Tebboune's salary-doubling pledge
The final tranche of raises, which are meant to double salaries from their 2022 starting point, will start next year
A stack of residency incentives is turning Sultan Haitham City into the GCC’s most accessible foreign-buyer real estate market
Concerns over visa and asset safety are also pushing some UAE-based investors to Oman
Lebanon scraps import fee hike weeks after introducing it amid price pressures
The scrapped fees come despite Beirut’s fiscal position deteriorating
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…
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