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Iran’s Benighted Bank Anniversary Era

The Teheran Stock exchange was up 20 percent on the local index from January to end-June as the one-year mark ...

The Gulf’s Impaired Vision Correction

Gulf stock markets stumbled through May as attention turned to record debt-raising despite ratings downgrades with lower oil prices and ...

Tunisia’s Jumbled Jasmine Revolt Reset

Tunisian stocks led the MSCI Frontier Index at end-March with a 15 percent jump, as it moved to finalize another ...

Turkey’s Refugee Deal Diatribe

Turkish bonds and stocks continued positive despite a suicide bombing on Istanbul’s main tourist thoroughfare as the EU offered EUR ...

Egypt’s Pound Sense Posturing

Egypt shares erased their double-digit MSCI loss into March as the central bank injected $1.5 billion into the dollar-short foreign ...

China’s Rutted Road Trip

As the Chinese President visited the Middle East to promote the One Belt, One Road outward trade and investment program ...

Mideast Conflicts’ Unreconstructed Wreckage

With regional stock markets already reeling from commodity and geopolitical shock, the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa economic ...

Iran’s Sputtering Stock Market Sanctions Lift

The Tehran stock exchange turned positive for the first time in the latest Iranian fiscal year from March, as anti-nuclear ...

Egypt’s Crashing Pound Headaches

Egypt stocks were 35 percent in the red on the MSCI Index going into December, as a dollar shortage, lackluster ...

Iran’s Stifled Stock Market Sanctions Relief

The Tehran stock exchange continued its post-nuclear deal descent with the benchmark index losing 10 percent in the nine months ...

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