Iran Growth
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Growth Owes to Allocation of Loans to Private Sector, Development Budget
EghtesadOnline: The 4.3% economic growth for Iran confirmed by the International Monetary Fund in its April report is thanks to the allocation of 190 trillion rials ($4.41 billion) in loans to…
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How Public Investment Could Help Strengthen Iran’s Growth Potential
EghtesadOnline: Since the early 2000s, growth in Iran has been insufficient to improve real GDP per capita incomes.
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World Bank: Iran’s Growth to Stabilize Above 4 Percent
EghtesadOnline: As the impact of the previous year’s boost in oil production and exports dissipates, Iran's overall growth rate is expected to stabilize at around 4.2%, with a larger contribution…
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CBI Puts Q1-3 Growth at 3.4%
EghtesadOnline: Iran's gross domestic product grew 3.4% during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2017) compared with last year's corresponding period, according…
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Putting Iran’s Demographic, Economic Growth Into Perspective
EghtesadOnline: Growth in population without concurrent economic growth cannot benefit the country from the so-called demographic “window of opportunity”—the period in which the working-age population…
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Rouhani Espouses Inclusive Growth
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday outlined his administration’s vision of promoting economic prosperity in the next Iranian year (starting March 21), as well as goals set for…
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CBI: Non-Oil Sector to Expand by March 2018
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has projected that the country's non-oil sector's growth in the fiscal 2017-18 will outpace that of the preceding year, which was 3.3%.
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WB Forecasts 4.3% Growth for Iran by 2020
EghtesadOnline: Growth in Iran, the second largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region, is expected to reach 4.3% by 2020, with higher investment growth offset by lower oil production…
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Majlis Think Tank Forecasts 4.1% Growth
EghtesadOnline: The research arm of the parliament has forecasted a 4.1% economic growth for the current fiscal year (March 2017-18) compared with last year’s 12.5%.
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Economist: H1 Growth Not Sustainable
EghtesadOnline: Iranian economist Morteza Imanirad believes that tapping into empty capacities of production units, the rise in oil revenues and a modest increase in demand are the main reasons…
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CBI: 4-5% Growth Expected
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s economy is expected to experience a 4-5% growth in the current fiscal year to March 20, 2018, Central Bank of Iran’s Vice Governor Akbar Komijani said.
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IMF Forecasts Sustained Growth for Iran’s Economy
EghtesadOnline: The International Monetary Fund in its latest World Economic Outlook report has projected that Iran’s real GDP will expand by 3.5% and 3.8% in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In 2022,…
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World Bank Sees Uptrend in Iran’s GDP Growth to 2019
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank, in its latest “Iran’s Economic Outlook” report, sees stronger growth in 2018-19 as investment growth turns positive and accelerates along with more political and…
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CBI’s Six-Point Roadmap on Foreign Finance Projects
EghtesadOnline: In his latest directive to the chief executives of banks, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif has laid down guidelines on how to spend any absorbed foreign finance…
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Central Bank of Iran Puts 2017-18 Growth at 5%
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has forecast an economic growth of at least 5% for the current Iranian year that ends on March 20, 2018.
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Rate Cuts to Propel Growth, Inflation
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran issued a new directive less than a week ago requiring banks to rigidly observe interest rates lowered a year ago by the Money and Credit Council in the…
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Growth Undermined by High Interest Rates
EghtesadOnline: Calls on the Iranian government to cut interest rates are getting louder, with critics of the current monetary policy arguing that the gap between inflation and interest rates…
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Growth Returns in Iran As Sanctions Are Eased
EghtesadOnline: According to an analysis by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, reported in the Financial Tribune, the data show growth in the production of crude steel, finished steel…
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WB Predicts Bigger Growth for Iran
EghtesadOnline: The World Bank forecasts that recent developments in Iran point to the fact that the country's non-oil sector and investments are likely to play a bigger role in the next few…
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Prospective Trade Partners
EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance has identified 59 most “appropriate” trading partners for Iran to achieve export-oriented growth.
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Iran GDP Growth 12.5%
EghtesadOnline: Iran economy grew 12.5% in March 2016-17 compared to the preceding year, according to the Central Bank of Iran's latest report released on Sunday.
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World Bank: 4 Percent Iran Growth Until 2019
EghtesadOnline: In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank has slightly lowered its forecast for Iran's real GDP growth up until 2019, while putting the inflation rate at…
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CBI: Iran Economy Grew 15.7% in Q3
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has published growth figures for the third quarter of the last Iranian year (September 22-December 20, 2016).
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8% Growth Target Unrealistic
EghtesadOnline: The 8% growth target set in the sixth five-year development plan (2017-22) is a tall order for the country, a faculty member of Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University said in a…
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Industry-Wide Growth Momentum Continues
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian public will gradually begin to tangibly feel the effects of sanctions relief as a result of the nuclear accord, as all major industries register continued growth,…
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Majlis Think-Tank Puts GDP Growth at 8.9%
EghtesadOnline: The research arm of the Iranian Parliament has revised up its former economic growth estimate for the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017) by 1.7%, saying the economy expanded…
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CBI: Growth Rate Likely to Beat Expectations
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has responded to media reports that viewed the latest World Economic Outlook by the International Monetary Fund in a negative light.
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CBI: Double-Digit Growth to Continue
EghtesadOnline: Economic growth rate stood at 11.6% for the nine months to December 20, 2016, and the figure is predicted to keep up its double-digit momentum in the current Iranian year (started…
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Prerequisites for Boosting Production, Employment
EghtesadOnline: The three indices of employment, economic growth and inflation must be taken into consideration for the new Iranian year (started March 21), a former president of Iran Chamber…
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Central Bank of Iran Puts Three-Quarter Growth at 11.9%
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian economy grew 11.9% during the three quarters of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016), a Central Bank of Iran official said.