Middle East and Central Asia
Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook
September 2006
World Economic and Financial Surveys
The report provides a broad synopsis of recent economic developments and prospects in the countries covered by the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department. |
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Contents
| Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects | |||
| Highlights | |||
| Recent Economic Developments | |||
| Economic Outlook | |||
| World economic outlook | |||
| Outlook for the region | |||
| Policy Issues | |||
| Boxes | |||
| 1. | Remittances in the Caucasus and Central Asia | ||
| 2. | Lebanon—The Economic Consequences of the Conflict | ||
| 3. | Iraq—Some Progress Despite the Challenges | ||
| 4. | How is Oil Revenue Being Used? | ||
| 5. | Oil and Gas Production and Planned Investments in MCD Countries | ||
| 6. | Regional Cooperation in the Maghreb | ||
| Text Figures | |||
| 1. | Global Real GDP Growth | ||
| 2. | Real GDP Growth in MCD | ||
| 3. | External Current Account Balance | ||
| 4. | Non-Oil Commodity Prices | ||
| 5. | Gross Official Reserves | ||
| 6. | Central Government Fiscal Balance | ||
| 7. | Total Government Debt | ||
| 8. | Counterparts to Money Supply | ||
| 9. | Credit to the Private Sector | ||
| 10. | Consumer Prices | ||
| 11. | Nominal Effective Exchange Rates | ||
| 12. | Real Effective Exchange Rates | ||
| 13. | Selected Stock Market Indices | ||
| 14. | WEO Global Assumptions | ||
| Statistical Appendix | |||
| Data and Conventions | |||
| Tables | |||
| 1. | Real GDP Growth | ||
| 2. | Real Oil and Non-Oil GDP Growth for Oil Exporters | ||
| 3. | Nominal Gross Domestic Product | ||
| 4. | Consumer Price Index | ||
| 5. | Broad Money | ||
| 6. | Central Government Fiscal Balance | ||
| 7. | Central Government Total Revenue Excluding Grants | ||
| 8. | Central Government Non-Oil Fiscal Balance | ||
| 9. | Central Government Non-Oil Revenue | ||
| 10. | Central Government Total Expenditure and Net Lending | ||
| 11. | Central Government Wages and Salaries | ||
| 12. | Total Government Debt | ||
| 13. | Export of Goods and Services Growth | ||
| 14. | Import of Goods and Services Growth | ||
| 15. | Current Account Balance (in billions of U.S. dollars) | ||
| 16. | Current Account Balance (in percent of GDP) | ||
| 17. | Terms of Trade | ||
| 18. | Nominal Effective Exchange Rates | ||
| 19. | Real Effective Exchange Rates | ||
| 20. | Gross Official Reserves | ||
| 21. | Total Gross External Debt | ||