MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 19/09/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome, it's time for your Economy News.
00:11We start our edition today in Morocco.
00:15During the first seven months of the year in progress, the commercial deficit has increased
00:19from 1.1% to 169 billion dirhams, against 167.15 billion dirhams the same period a year
00:28earlier.
00:29During the exchange office, this increase covers an increase in goods imports of 3.7%
00:35to 431 billion dirhams and an increase in exports of 5.5% to 262 billion dirhams.
00:43More concretely, the evolution of imports is driven by the increase in finished products
00:48of equipment of 9.1%, semi-finished products of 8.6% and finished products of consumption
00:54of 3.6%.
00:56At the same time, the exchange office indicates that exports of aeronautics have increased
01:02from 20.3% to 15.34 billion dirhams, the strongest bone ahead are phosphates, derivatives
01:11and automobiles.
01:12On the other hand, exports of textiles and leather, electronics and electricity
01:17and agri-foods have respectively fallen by 2.1%, 2.6% and 0.9%.
01:24Still in Morocco, the net flow of foreign direct investments has been established at
01:29more than 13.06 billion dirhams at the end of July, an increase of 46.8% compared to
01:37the same period a year earlier.
01:39According to the exchange office, the revenues of these investments have thus recorded an
01:43increase of 9.5% to more than 22.23 billion dirhams and expenses have fallen from 19.6%
01:52to 9.16 billion dirhams.
01:54Regarding the net flow of direct Moroccan investments abroad, it is located at 741
02:01million dirhams, revenues have increased from 6.2% to 9.77 billion dirhams and expenses
02:09have fallen from 35.5% to 10.51 billion dirhams.
02:15We are still in Morocco with the last balance sheet of the exchange office on the subject
02:20of transfers of funds made by Moroccans living abroad.
02:24It turns out that they have established themselves at more than 68.13 billion dirhams at the end of July,
02:30against 65.95 billion dirhams during the same period a year earlier.
02:36These transfers result in an increase of 3.3% compared to the first seven months of the previous year.
02:43The office bulletin also states an excess of the balance of services in decline of 4.1%
02:50to 71.709 billion dirhams due to an increase in services imports of 11% more important
02:58than that of exports estimated at 3.3%.
03:02As for travel revenues, they have established themselves at 59.39 billion dirhams at the end of July,
03:09while travel expenses have fallen to 16.92 billion dirhams.
03:16In international economic news, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
03:22continue to show a strong recovery with an economic growth that should reach more than 4.4% next year.
03:30According to a new report published by the Oxford Institute of Economics,
03:34non-energy sectors in Gulf countries show increased resilience,
03:39with an expected growth of 4.2% this year and 4.4% in 2025.
03:46Economic growth in the Middle East should reach 2.1% this year
03:51and accelerate strongly to reach 3.7% in 2025.
03:56According to the report, the sectors of tourism, commerce and finance
04:00have become essential growth drivers in the efforts to diversify the region.
04:07In international economic news, the annual inflation rate in the euro zone
04:13was 2.2% in August,
04:16a drop of 2.6% recorded in the previous month
04:20and 5.2% recorded in August of the previous year.
04:25According to the European Office of Eurostat Statistics,
04:28for all countries of the European Union,
04:30annual inflation was 2.4% in August,
04:34against 2.8% in July and 5.9% in August of the previous year.
04:40The lowest annual rates of the last month were recorded in Lithuania,
04:44Latvia and Finland,
04:46while the highest rates were observed in Romania, Belgium and Poland.
04:51In addition, the highest contribution to the annual inflation rate in the euro zone
04:55comes from services followed by food and non-energy industrial goods.
05:01In Europe, the German federal government, the German Development Bank,
05:06the financial sector and the actors of the start-up ecosystem
05:10have signed an agreement aimed at investing 12 billion euros in start-ups by 2030.
05:16According to the Ministry of Finance, this initiative aims to mobilize private investments
05:22in risk capital, start-ups and innovative technologies.
05:26This project aims to improve funding structures for young companies,
05:30which often relies on the early stages of their development on private investors
05:35rather than on banks that provide German media.
05:39Investments will include direct contributions to growth and innovation capital of start-ups,
05:45as well as financial support to the investment ecosystem.
05:49This will result in the creation of new investment capital vehicles
05:54suitable for different start-ups.
05:56This is the end of our edition today.
05:58Excellent continuation of the programs.