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BlogThe Arab Gulf States defeat global slowdown
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area has so far withstood global challenges, with year-on-year GDP growth accelerating to 6.9% in 2022, driven by high oil prices and stronger growth rates in non-oil sectors. But important reforms to move away from an oil-dominated economy will be key to assure the region’s economic prospects.
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Arabian Gulf stock markets hold their own in volatile 2022
Given the region’s status as a leading energy exporter, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) equity markets have benefited broadly from the positive economic ripple effects of the post-pandemic oil-price boom, as well as from their negligible exposure to the sharp selloff in global Technology stocks. With the recent reversal of both trends, however, these tailwinds have become headwinds.
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Spotlight on Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s economic rebound is drawing attention with an obvious boon from rising oil prices. Outside of hydrocarbons, the country is continuing to diversify and reform in a number of sectors as part of its ambitious Vision 2030. Dina Ting, Head of Global Index Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton ETFs, highlights developments on the kingdom’s horizon.
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Saudi Arabia government bonds; an investible asset class with modest valuations
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embarked upon a significant economic reform program in 2016 (Vision 2030), seeking to diversify away from oil dependence, and high economic cyclicality, and to increase the size of the non-oil and private sectors.
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What does Secondary Emerging actually mean?
Our recent announcements regarding the conclusion of the first phase of China A Shares, and of the final tranche of Saudi Arabian stocks into our FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS) matters because asset owners and managers allocate according to the classification, and investment flows into promoted countries are also impacted.
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Middle East North Africa Insight
Perspective From Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity
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Potential New Emerging Markets On The Block: Argentina, Saudi Arabia And Romania
As an active manager focused on the emerging markets (EM), Mirae Asset not only looks at the current EM universe, but also at leading economies within the frontier index with forthcoming prospects for inclusion into the EM benchmarks.
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How OPEC's decisions and tensions in the Middle East could impact the oil price
We expect the 2018 outlook for oil to remain somewhat stable ($55-60/bbl for WTI and $60-65/bbl for Brent through 2018) as strong demand should be balanced by higher supply from OPEC and Non-OPEC countries.
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A guide to the Middle East jigsaw
We think that recent events in the Middle East – in particular, the night of the long knives in Saudi Arabia and the resignation (then retracted) of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri – are pieces in the same jigsaw puzzle: the attempt to redraw political boundaries and delineate new geopolitical equilibria in the region.
