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The human tragedy that occurred at Hammoud Church in Karak Governorate represents a heartbreaking humanitarian and national event, alongside the other dimensions it entails. It targeted a place of worship, occurred in a sensitive social context, and left a profound impact on the souls of…
The threats facing Jordan cannot be read in isolation from the turbulent regional landscape, nor from the political positions it adopts in defense of its national security, the rights of…
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The danger of rising borrowing costs lies not only in the higher interest paid by governments and corporations, but also in the resources deprived from economies when debt service turns…
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The decrease in ministries' operating expenses by about 94 million dinars during the first nine months of the current year is an indicator worth noting, not only because of the volume of…
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The danger of energy shocks lies in the fact that they do not only raise prices, but also redistribute resources within the economy at the expense of production and investment. This is…
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The Cabinet's approval for the issuance of Islamic Sukuk worth 400 million Jordanian Dinars by the Greater Amman Municipality represents an important step toward developing public financing…
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The Social Security Investment Fund's assets exceeding the 20 billion dinar mark represents an important milestone for the Fund, as assets reached approximately 20.1 billion dinars at the…
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For the first time in 36 years, the relationship between oil prices and U.S. Treasury bond yields has returned to historically high levels. Every increase in the price of a barrel of crude…
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In the presence of His Majesty King Abdullah II and His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the foundation stone was laid for the…
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From the first quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2026, the Jordanian economy achieved an average growth of about 2.55% over 22 quarters, despite the political turmoil and wars that…
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In the field of economics, there are numbers that describe reality and numbers that reveal what people expect about the future. Amman Stock Exchange in 2025 may have provided one of the…
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The global economy no longer operates in isolation from geopolitics. Wars and conflicts are no longer local events whose effects end at the borders of the countries in which they occur, but…
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Multiple economic indicators can be reviewed when discussing the performance of the Jordanian economy during this year, of which only the fourth quarter remains. Some of these indicators…
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The answer does not require much speculation, as the figures over the past years provide a clear economic explanation for the decision to renew the appointment of Dr. Adel Al-Sharkas as…
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The Jordan-European Investment Conference will be held next November at a critical juncture for the Jordanian economy. The timing is of utmost importance as it gains significant dimension;…
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The speech by the International Monetary Fund Director, Kristalina Georgieva, recently caught my attention not only because of the warnings it contained about inflation and interest rates,…
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Over the past six months, the global economy has shown resilience in the face of war and energy shocks, as disruptions in oil and gas supplies did not turn into a global recession, and…
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Public finance indicators up to the end of June 2026 point to a number of important financial aspects, particularly regarding the government's ability to maintain financial and monetary…
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