Economics, Policy & Regulation
Country Report Lebanon
REFORM CANDIDATE By Justin Keay Sharply rising capital inflows and a stable banking sector have helped Lebanon achieve impressive economic...
Syria
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Country Report
Country Report: Lebanon
REFORM CANDIDATE By Justin Keay Sharply rising capital inflows and a stable banking sector have helped Lebanon achieve impressive economic growth. Maintaining it will require far-reaching reforms, though. Winston Churchill once famously described Russia as a riddle ...
Country Report
Country Report: Turkey
STAYING THE COURSE By Gordon Platt Turkey has bounced back from a sharp economic contraction to become one of the region’s best performers. Its prospects are brighter than ever. Turkey's constitutional referendum last month gave a boost ...
Banking
On The Right Path
ON THE RIGHT PATH By Gordon Platt For the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), there have been setbacks on the road to a common currency, which now appears unlikely to be introduced anytime in the next five years, ...
Award Winners
Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Middle East
MIDDLE EAST By Gordon Platt REGIONAL WINNER : National Bank of Kuwait National Bank of Kuwait, the leading bank in Kuwait and the highest-rated bank in the Middle East, earned $925 million last year, an increase of 4% ...
Banking
Middle East Supplement: Bankers Survey A Changed Landscape
MIDDLE EAST: BANKING INDUSTRY Banks across the region learned many painful lessons during the crisis but have emerged stronger than ever. By Gordon Platt Financial institutions across the Middle East are carefully monitoring their loan portfolios ...
Banking
Middle East Supplement: Oil Wealth Keeps Economic Stimulus Flowing
MIDDLE EAST: ECONOMY Government spending will keep the Middle East’s economic recovery on track in 2010. By Gordon Platt The Middle East rode out the global recession better than the major industrialized economies, and the ...
Data
Global Economic Indicators: Key Sources and Links
Global Finance’s selection of the best links to authoritative sources of global economic statistics, indicators and data. INTERNATIONAL SOURCES FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS IMF – International Monetary Fund: Homepage Data and Statistics World Economic Outlook database on selected macroeconomic ...
Award Winners
BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS MIDDLE EAST 2010
Global Finance names the 2010 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in the Middle East NEW YORK, March 23, 2010 —...
Award Winners
Features: Awards: World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers
THE NEED FOR SPEED The foreign exchange market is growing—and operating—at lightning speed. Global Finance selects the leaders of the world's biggest financial market. By Gordon Platt The best banks in the foreign exchange market performed well ...
Banking
Cover Story: Rising Oil Prices Boost Confidence
Emerging Markets Focus: Middle East The outlook for the Middle East’s economy has brightened substantially in recent months, but the reluctance of banks to lend remains worrisome. Bond issues are picking up some of the slack. By Gordon ...
Banking
Milestones: Turkey Enjoys Growing Profile In Arab World
Lebanon/Syria/Turkey By Nick Kochan Yilmaz: Turkish banks were ready for leverage crisis The evolution of Turkey’s role in the Middle East and beyond was clearly on display at a late-October risk management conference in Beirut. The guest speaker ...