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July ceasefire gave the region’s private sector its best month since spring
The rebound tracks a ceasefire that no longer exists, which makes August figures important to watch
IMF and World Bank endorse Syria’s fiscal reforms as recovery gathers pace
The IMF sees growth hitting double digits this year and the World Bank is rewarding Damascus’ reforms with bigger grants
Six months of Hormuz disruption pushes Saudi into contraction, Iraq toward late salaries, and Egypt back to tariff hikes
A strait that was supposed to reopen by summer is forcing hard fiscal math across the region, and no government…
Anti-corruption drives in Lebanon and Iraq reach the powerful, but reform is a long road ahead
Lebanon rearrested the former governor of the central bank, whereas Iraq continues to retrieve cash and assets from detained officials
Moody’s turns negative on the whole MENA region as Hormuz disruption reshapes the credit map
Fiscal buffers’ health separates the sovereigns that ride this out from the ones that don’t
The Palestinian economy is being squeezed on three fronts as Israeli banks prepare to cut ties
Ninety percent of Palestinian trade runs through two Israeli banks — both plan to cut Palestinian lenders loose by October
Kuwait’s deficit hits post-covid high as oil revenues collapse
The blowout is mostly a one-off oil hit — diversification reform is showing progress with non-oil revenues up 6%
Egypt’s first climate fiscal risk statement puts a number on tns in state assets under review
Climate risk is starting to show up in the budget, not just the forecast
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