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September 13, 2011

Egypt revolt
06:54 GMT

A recent report published in the Egyptian capital Cairo reveals that the local economy is experiencing what it described as inflationary recession

September 12, 2011

Dollars
07:37 GMT

Iraq’s foreign currency reserves have risen to close to $58 billion and are expected to increase further thanks to a rise in oil revenues, a central bank official said.

September 11, 2011

Syria unrest
07:07 GMT

The number of victims in Syria continues to rise.

September 8, 2011

oil
07:03 GMT

Saudi Arabia has raised the price of its flagship Arab Light crude oil by 90 cents for customers in Asia, Saudi Aramco said. T

September 7, 2011

Oman
07:03 GMT

At the end of June 2011, private deposits at commercial banks in the Oman Sultanate rose by 6.2%

September 6, 2011

Iranian president
07:13 GMT

The director of Bank Saderat Iran, Mohammad Jahromi, has revealed that the bank was victim to an embezzlement operation amounting to 30 trillion riyals ($3 billion).

September 5, 2011

Salam Fayyad
07:38 GMT

Tension is mounting within the Palestinian Authority as it prepares to request that Palestine receive full membership to the UN, in September.

September 4, 2011

Tunisia
07:51 GMT

The Tunisian economy has improved relatively well recently, prompting the Minister of Planning and International Co-operation, Abdel hamid Triki, to expect growth to reach 1% this year.

September 1, 2011

Yemen
09:01 GMT

Recent statistics reveal an alarming fall in import traffic to Yemen of various commodities and products, since peaceful protests demanding the fall of the regime broke out.

August 31, 2011

Libya revolt
09:37 GMT

The new Libyan government will need to restore stability, organization, security and commence reconstruction.

August 30, 2011

Morocco king
07:37 GMT

The 2012 fiscal law may be ready before the early legislative elections which are expected to take place on 25 November.

August 29, 2011

Syrian president
06:44 GMT

Non-official data published recently by the Syrian media revealed that the European Union has stopped all loans from the European Investment Bank to Syria

August 28, 2011

Rebel leader
06:28 GMT

With Moammar Qaddhafi out of power, the crucial matter for Libya now is how to rebuild its economy. On the one hand, Libya appears to be economically strong.

August 25, 2011

Syria
08:56 GMT

A sharp discrepancy between Syria's crashing economy and its relatively stable currency raises questions

August 24, 2011

Protest
08:16 GMT

The decline in profits of some of the major companies in Egypt is a new sign of the negative effects caused by the revolution on the country's economy.