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  • 20/12/2024
MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 19/12/2024

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00:00Hello and welcome. It's time for your economy news.
00:11Inflation in Morocco should reach an average rate of 1% this year,
00:16a figure that marks a sharp decline compared to the 6.1% recorded last year,
00:21before reaching 2.4% next year and 1.8% in 2026.
00:26According to Bank Al-Marrib's forecasts, after a sharp decline since the second quarter of the previous year,
00:32inflation remains at moderate to medium-term levels.
00:36Its underlying component, reflecting the fundamental trend of prices, should also drop,
00:41from 5.6% in 2023 to 2.1% this year before going down to 2% next year and 1.8% in 2026.
00:52Still with the latest report of Bank Al-Marrib,
00:55the Moroccan dirhams recorded a remarkable appreciation of 2.3% compared to the US dollar
01:01and 0.31% vis-à-vis the euro during the third quarter of 2024.
01:07Compared to the currencies of the main emerging countries,
01:10the national currency has also progressed by 9.03% against the Brazilian real,
01:16and 5.95% against the Turkish pound and 1.21% against the Chinese yuan.
01:23In real terms and taking into account the gap in inflation with commercial partners and competitors in Morocco,
01:29the effective exchange rate of the dirham has marked an increase of 1.11% in nominal terms and 0.90% in real terms.
01:39In terms of interbank exchanges,
01:41the monthly average volume of currency transactions against dirhams reached 42.5 billion dirhams,
01:49an annual drop of 32.4%.
01:52In addition to the economic news of Thursday,
01:55the volume of trade between Morocco and Africa has also increased considerably.
02:01According to the Secretary of State in charge of Foreign Trade,
02:04the volume has gone from 36 billion dirhams in 2013 to 52.7 billion dirhams in 2023,
02:11an increase of 45%.
02:13Moroccan exports to African markets have doubled,
02:17reaching around 32.7 billion in 2023.
02:21These exports are mainly composed of car fish, car cables and food products.
02:29Imports from the African continent have risen to 20 billion dirhams
02:34and include products such as coal, dates and plastic materials.
02:39In international economic news,
02:41British inflation continued in November,
02:44a rise that started the previous month at 2.6% over a year,
02:48an increase in line with economists' expectations.
02:51According to the National Office for Statistics,
02:53inflation was particularly doped in November by the price of coal and clothing.
02:58After a low in three years in September,
03:00British inflation was back up in October at 2.3%.
03:05The British have suffered a very high inflation in recent years,
03:09culminating at 11.1% in October 2022,
03:13before going down again regularly since.
03:16The figure for inflation is also estimated by the Bank of England,
03:21which had raised its director's rate since the end of 2021
03:24to fight against this surge in prices,
03:26which has resulted for individuals such as British companies
03:30by higher credit costs.
03:33Direction now Japan, the giant of automobiles,
03:36Honda indicates exploring the possibility of a merger
03:39with its compatriot in difficulty Nissan,
03:42a rapprochement that would give rise to the world's number 3
03:45to better face Tesla and their Chinese rivals in the electric sector.
03:49Already associated in a strategic partnership,
03:52the manufacturers will start talks to meet
03:55under the umbrella of a single holding and will soon sign a protocol of agreement.
04:00According to the Japanese press, the official announcement could come as early as Monday.
04:04Honda and Nissan are respectively the second and third Japanese manufacturers behind Toyota.
04:10They plan to include Mitsubishi Motors,
04:13of which Nissan is the main shareholder within the holding.
04:16To them, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi culminated
04:194 million vehicles sold in the first half of this year,
04:23against 5.16 million for Toyota.
04:26According to these press releases,
04:28Nissan flew Wednesday 23.69% of the Tokyo Stock Exchange,
04:33Mitsubishi 19.64%,
04:37while Honda 3.03%.
04:40This is the end of our edition today.
04:42Follow-up programs.
04:46Thanks for watching.