you are currently viewing::IMF-Kuwait: Selected IssuesDecember 9, 2024-Summary The risks around the outlook are skewed to the downside, but substantial financial buffers are a source of resilience to external shocks. These are accumulating share classes in which the returns are reinvested. Source: IMF.org |
April 23, 2025—According to the World Bank's latest Middle East and North Africa Economic Update, entitled Shifting Gears: The Private Sector as an Engine of Growth in the Middle East and North Africa, the region is estimated to have grown at a modest 1.9 percent in 2024 and growth is forecast to moderately rise to 2.6 percent in 2025.