TweetRisk is at the top of everyone’s minds at the moment with the threat of US default and subsequent sovereign downgrading, as well as the mounting debt problems continuing to swamp Greece and other European countries now being drawn in. Keep reading…

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TweetChange is notoriously difficult to predict, especially when looking decades into the future.

But help is at hand, McKinsey have just published their Urban predictions of the future: “Urban World: Mapping the economic power of cities”. It predicts where the balance of power will shift in the next 10-15 years. Whilst we ought to be wary of the accuracy of such long term forecasts and predictions, they can nevertheless provide a good directional overview. Keep reading…

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Morocco Property – The Region

Arab governments have launched a wave of financial concessions since the start of the Region’s crisis, (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya et alia) in an attempt to head off potential uprisings.

Countries in focus now: Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Jordan, all saw protest and at times riots, in the 1970s and 1980s over food prices, particularly for bread.

About 30% of the population in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is aged 15-29. Keep reading…

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TweetSpain is certainly having a challenging time and has been considered an “at risk” economy, fuelled by a contracted housing market. Construction accounted for just over 10% of the workforce in Spain, so it has had a big impact on the economy.

Property prices are hard to get to grips with because “official statistics” do not Keep reading…

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