Qatar growth may slow to 4.5pc in 2013Qatar expects its economic growth will slow to 4.5 per cent in 2013, the weakest rate in a decade, but plans to continue heavy investment in its non-hydrocarbon sector, the state planning authority said yesterday. The Opec member's oil More… |
China's inflation rate slows in FebChina's inflation rate slowed sharply in February and factory output eased, data showed yesterday, adding to evidence of a slowdown in the economy and giving Beijing more room to relax credit limits. The figures from the National Bureau of More… |
Qatar economic growth to slow in 2012The economic growth in Qatar will slow to 9.8 per cent in 2012 as a result of the final completion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion and associated gas to liquids (GTLs) projects, according to a report by International Bank of Qatar ( More… |
Abu Dhabi Sept inflation slows on housingAbu Dhabi's annual inflation rate slowed to one per cent in September as housing and transport prices in the emirate edged lower, data showed on Saturday. Inflation had been edging higher over the past year in the emirate, which a More… |
Gulf states 'may see slow growth in 2012'Economic growth in key Gulf states will slow markedly next year because of a sluggish global economy but remain well above recessionary levels, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Gross domestic product in Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab ec More… |
UAE Aug inflation slows to 18-month lowInflation in the UAE eased to an 18-month low of 0.6 per cent year-on-year in August and prices edged down slightly from the previous month helped by a fall in housing costs, data showed on Saturday. Annual inflation in the world's No. More… |
Euro zone growth slows, orders dry upEuropean services growth slowed in June in the face of sluggish new orders and rising interest rates, giving firms less optimism about the year ahead, business surveys showed on Tuesday. The euro zone service sector grew at its weakest pac More… |
Oman bank credit growth slowsBank lending in Oman grew at its slowest rate of the year to 23.6 per cent in the first five months of 2009 as local banks continued to tighten up credit to the private sector, central bank data showed. The combined credit extended by the More… |
Bahrain April money supply growth slowsBahraini money supply growth fell to 8.8 per cent in May, central bank data showed on Wednesday, the slowest rate since December 2004. M3, the broadest measure of money circulating the economy, stood at 8.03 billion dinars ($21.31 billion) More… |
Oman bank lending slows down in 4 yearsOman bank lending grew at its slowest pace in almost four years in the first quarter at 2.1 per cent with banks extending fewer loans to the government and public companies, central bank data showed on Sunday. Across the Gulf Arab region, More… |








