From IMF: A slowing Middle East

REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK UPDATE: MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA Learning to Live With Cheaper Oil Amid Weaker Demand http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2015/mcd/eng/mreo0115.htm?hootPostID=fb5eb99e4792abff57f5a510678cbba5 Table 1. Real GDP Growth, 2014 and 2015
	World	U.S.	Euro Area	Emerging Markets	China	Russia
2014	3.3	2.4	0.9	4.4	7.4	0.6
2015	3.5	3.6	1.2	4.3	6.8	-3.0
2015 Revision from Oct. 2014 WEO	-0.3	0.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.3	-3.5
	MENAP Oil Exporters	GCC	Non-GCC Oil Exporters	MENAP Oil Importers	CCA Oil Exporters	CCA Oil Importers
2014	2.7	3.7	1.5	3.0	5.2	4.7
2015	3.0	3.4	2.4	3.9	4.9	4.4
2015 Revision from Oct. 2014 WEO	-0.9	-1.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.8	-0.4
Note: MENAP oil exporters (MENAPOE) comprise Algeria (ALG), Bahrain (BHR), Iran (IRN), Iraq (IRQ), Kuw ait (KWT), Libya (LBY), Oman (OMN), Qatar (QAT), Saudi Arabia (SAU), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen (YMN). The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)comprises Bahrain, Kuw ait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The non-GCC oil-exporting countries are Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen. MENAP oil importers (MENAPOI) comprise Afghanistan (AFG), Djibouti (DJI), Egypt (EGY), Jordan (JOR), Lebanon (LBN), Mauritania (MRT), Morocco (MAR), Pakistan (PAK), Somalia (SOM), Sudan (SDN), Syria (SYR), and Tunisia (TUN). CCA oil importers comprise Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan. CCA oil exporters comprise Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. WITHOUT ANY RISK OR RESPONSIBILITY