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The International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for Middle East and Central Asian economic recovery, predicting a 4.1 per cent contraction for the region as a whole — 1.3 percentage points worse than its previous assessment in April — in its latest regional outlook report released Monday. 

Jihad Azour, director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia department, noted a large disparity in economic loss between oil importing and exporting countries as the region has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a plunge in oil prices.

“Combined together, those two shocks led to a sharp decline in economic activity that is different between oil exporting and oil importing countries,” Azour told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble via video call on Sunday.

“On average, we will see growth going negative by 6.6 per cent for oil exporting countries, and negative growth of 1 per cent for all importing countries,” he said, adding that there will be differences between the countries within each group. 

Oil prices will remain under pressure, IMF says

Oil prices will be the most important factor for oil exporters’ recovery, particularly states like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, for whom the commodity makes up the majority of revenue.

While prices have recovered from their historic plunge in March of this year, international benchmark Brent crude is still trading nearly 40 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. Brent stood at $42.87 per barrel on Monday morning in London.

And the IMF doesn’t see oil prices staging a dramatic recovery anytime soon, predicting prices in the $40 to $50 range in 2021. That’s still half the $80 per barrel figure OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia needs to balance its budget, according to the fund. 

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“The projections for oil prices are in the corridor between $40 to $45 for early next year, and will be between $40 to $50” next year overall, Azour said. “I think what is going to be also important to watch is the recovery in demand. That proved to be an important factor in what we saw this year, in addition to the supply that could come from alternative energies.”

The oil demand outlook remains grim amid new waves of coronavirus gripping regions of the world and uncertainty about U.S. fiscal stimulus and the U.S. presidential election.

The International Energy Agency in September cut its outlook for worldwide oil demand to 91.7 million barrels per day this year, a daily contraction of 8.4 million barrels year-on-year and more than the contraction of 8.1 million predicted in the agency’s August report.

OPEC posted an even worse outlook for this year, slashing its view for global oil demand last month to an average of 90.2 million barrels per day in 2020, a contraction of 9.5 million barrels per day year-on-year.

The group of 13 oil-producing countries described the outlook for the commodity’s demand as “anemic,” and warned that risks remain “elevated and skewed to the downside.”

The best way to get out of this crisis

Azour stressed diversification and continued coronavirus safety measures as key to strengthening the region’s economies, with a focus on providing opportunities for its youth population.

“I think what is important for the region going forward is we have now a situation where it’s clear that diversifying the economy is the best way to get out of this crisis,” Azour said. 

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