The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) had a positive start to 2013, with the index steadily moving up to reach multi-year highs in May. While local investors are driving much of the recent activity,...
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Economic Update | Kuwait: Upward trajectory for KSE
4 Jun 2013
Economic Update | Kuwait: Joining the shale rush
24 May 2013
Kuwait has announced it is conducting studies into the viability of extracting shale gas from recently identified reserves, although any commercial operation will likely be many years off.
Economic Update | Kuwait: Boosting capital spending
6 May 2013
As hydrocarbons’ contribution to Kuwait’s GDP is predicted to fall this year, growth is increasingly seen as hinging on the success of an ambitious state investment programme. However, concerns over...
Economic Update | Kuwait: Addressing the housing shortage
24 Apr 2013
As the waiting list for government-subsidised housing in Kuwait has grown to more than 100,000 in 2013, projects aimed at combating the shortage will see a number of new construction projects in the...
Economic Update | Kuwait: Business with Iraq on the up
9 Apr 2013
A landmark flight from Baghdad that touched down in late February at Kuwait International Airport looks set to usher in a new era of stronger economic ties between the two Gulf neighbours. The...
Economic Update | Kuwait: Banking on growth
28 Mar 2013
The banking sector in Kuwait maintained solid fundamentals in the face of a number of difficulties in 2012, including continued regional unrest, a volatile euro and global economic uncertainty. In...
