RIYADH: Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation slowed unexpectedly to 14.9 percent in April from 15.2 percent in March, according to data released by the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS. On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 1.1 percent in April. Food and beverage prices declined 0.7 pe»»»

PAKISTAN’S economic narrative has long been dominated by IMF programmes, balance-of-payments crises, and fiscal deficits. The latest IMF data, showing 23.4 per cent inflation and anaemic GDP growth of 2.4pc, reinforces this familiar story. However, beneath these conventional metrics lies an unexplo»»»

Saudi Arabia’s investment minister sought to assure investors on Tuesday the kingdom’s economy, the Middle East’s largest, was an attractive place for investors amid a year of regional conflict. Khalid Al Falih, speaking at Saudi Arabia’s annual government-organised investment conference in Riyadh,»»»