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Uneven recovery continues in Eastern Europe. Domestic demand is expected to drive growth in major countries in 2015, while weaker Euro area recovery, indecisive policies, and market instability in economies such as Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine remain an area of concern. Improved exports and household consumption are expected to support the economic ...

Apart from India which appears to be on an upward growth trajectory, the growth outlook for BRICS countries remains subdued. Russia is expected to continue to reel under the pressures of Western sanctions and falling crude oil prices, and no growth is expected in 2015. China’s housing market is expected to continue to remain weak in 2015 after a ...

The growth prospects of the economies in emerging Asia-Pacific are expected to be affected significantly by the uncertainties arising from the economic slowdown of major Asian superpowers such as China and Japan, and the Eurozone. However, certain positive factors such as declining oil prices, a rebounding US economy, with US being a key exports m...

Latin American growth faltered significantly in 2014; however, a gradual recovery is expected in 2015. The recovery in growth is expected to come from an increase in government spending on structural reforms. Domestic demand and investor confidence in the region are expected to remain subdued throughout 2015. Slow growth in export demand for mining...

Western Europe is likely to see improved growth in 2015 when compared to previous years. Increasing external demand, due to the strong growth in the United States and Asia, and strong domestic demand, are likely to steer the manufacturing sector towards a positive growth trajectory. Despite exports continuing to remain the primary engine of growth ...

APAC accounted for around 50% of the global PreCast market followed by Europe , North America and Rest of the world. The Kingdoms major cities are building in huge towers, malls, hotels , office building and halls based out of precast concrete and its products. To boost the real estate and to propel the precast market the KSA government has late...

The past 2 decades have been characterized by a tectonic shift in the global economic and business environment, with emerging markets increasingly finding their way into the growth and expansion plans of businesses across the globe. Gross domestic product (GDP) rates of emerging markets have fast outpaced that of developed economies, with accelera...

Economies of the Middle Eastern countries will remain modest due to higher oil exporting revenue being moderately offset by recession in Iran. Higher oil prices are expected to drive oil and gas and hydrocarbon sector in the region, with Saudi Arabia leading the pack in 2019. OPEC oil production dipped in November 2018 due to fall in Iranian produc...

Economic recovery in Saudi Arabia will continue to be supported by pick up in oil production to compensative for output decline in Iran. While Aramco privatization is delayed, Saudi aims to generate $11 billion non-oil revenue through privatization program by 2020. The killing of journalist Khashoggi heightened capital flight in October 2018, as th...