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Kuwait economy to grow 5.2% in 2011
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 04 - 06 - 2011

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's economy will grow steadily in 2011 thanks to government spending and high oil prices after having risen more strongly last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
Real GDP of the world's No. 4 oil exporter is projected to grow by 5.2 percent this year, slightly down from the IMF's April forecast of 5.3 percent.
“The economy is expected to grow steadily in 2011 and over the medium term as the government implements the development plan and global recovery supports demand for oil,” the IMF said in a document following regular consultations with Kuwait.
In 2010, the OPEC member's economy is estimated to have grown by 3.3 percent, the IMF said, well above its previous estimate of two percent.
Analysts polled by Reuters in March expected economic output to grow by four percent this year in Kuwait, which has seen only limited public protests in the political unrest that has swept other parts of the Middle East.
The IMF consultation took place between April 27 and May 9, according to the document posted on Kuwait's central bank website www.cbk.gov.kw showed.
Kuwait has been hoping to attract more investment to prepare for the time when oil runs out. So far, its $133 billion economy is dominated by the state oil industry, the biggest employer outside the public service.
The IMF said government expenditure excluding energy subsidies and social security recapitalization is estimated to have increased by 21.5 percent. Expenditure accelerated in the second half of the fiscal year 2010/2011 with a cash-and-food social grant accounting for half of the increase.
“Continued fiscal stimulus is appropriate at this juncture,” the IMF said. “Nevertheless ... expenditure should be moderated if signs of overheating emerge.”
Kuwait has boosted projected spending by nearly 10 percent to KD17.9 billion ($65 billion) in its government budget for the current fiscal year, which started in April.
The fund also said it expected Kuwait's monetary policy to remain accommodative due to its currency basket peg, dominated by the US dollar, and low global interest rates.
The central bank last cut its discount rate by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent in February 2010 to help Kuwait's economy recover from an estimated 4.6 percent contraction in 2009.


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