TY - BOOK ID - 11261549 TI - Regional Economic Outlook, May 2008, Middle East and Central Asia. PY - 2008 SN - 1589067150 1462318924 1451978162 9786613846075 145275134X 1283533626 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Economic forecasting KW - Middle East KW - Asia, Central KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economics KW - Forecasting KW - Economic indicators KW - Investments: Energy KW - Finance: General KW - Inflation KW - Macroeconomics KW - Real Estate KW - Energy: Demand and Supply KW - Prices KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - Energy: General KW - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General KW - General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - Investment & securities KW - Property & real estate KW - Finance KW - International economics KW - Oil prices KW - Oil KW - Real estate prices KW - Emerging and frontier financial markets KW - Commodities KW - Financial markets KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Housing KW - Financial services industry KW - Fiscal policy KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11261549 AB - The Middle East and Central Asia region grew at 6.5 percent in 2007, marking its best five-year performance over the past 30 years. So far, the turmoil in international financial markets has had a limited impact on the region, and the short-term outlook remains very favorable. The report reviews recent economic developments, assesses the outlook for the coming year, and discusses key policy challenges. In addition, it takes a closer look at both regional topics--such as the rise in inflation in the GCC countries, intraregional capital flows, developments in oil markets, developments in real estate prices, and sovereign wealth funds--and country reviews for Algeria, Georgia, Iraq, and West Bank and Gaza. ER -