RIYADH: Global sukuk issuance is expected to continue growing in the remaining months of this year, driven by funding and refinancing demands, Fitch Ratings said. 

Muscat: The inflation rate in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 0.2 percent in March 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, according to data on consumer price index numbers in the Sultanate of Oman issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Qatar residential real estate market is anticipated to record a compound annual growth rate of 6.24%, while the size of the sector is valued at $4.28bln in 2024: Modor

Earlier this month, the six-member rate-setting committee kept the main lending rate at 6.5%, in line with expectations. It had raised the repo rate by a total of 250 basis points between May 2022 and February 2023

Speaking at separate events in Washington on April 16, Powell and Jefferson both said policy could stay “restrictive” for longer if inflation doesn’t show clear signs of getting back down to the Fed’s 2% target

Imports grew by 19 percent during the past year, reaching a value of AED136.45 billion, compared to AED114.355 billion in 2022