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Ziad Daoud

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Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Senior Fellow at Harvard @MiddleEast_HKS. PhD @LSEEcon. Views are mine. الأحد بالعربي

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I'm now also posting on Bluesky Let's see how this experiment goes bsky.app/profile/ziadda…

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Postdoc positions at Harvard’s Center for International Development hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/ab…


"Israeli ground forces are expanding their six-week-old sweep of villages in southern Lebanon .. Six Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah ambush on Wednesday and another on Thursday, the IDF said, bringing its total losses during the invasion to 42" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


Ben & Jerry's is suing its parent company Unilever for silencing it on advocating for Palestinian rights & publicly backing a cease-fire There history: In 2021, Ben & Jerry's said it would halt sales in West Bank settlements bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


Mideast boycott: - A Dubai family business shutters Carrefour stores in Jordan - It's launching a new grocery retailer that's "independently owned and operated" - A boycott movement is steering consumers away from companies viewed as supporting Israel bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


In mid Oct, the US told Israel it has 30 days to improve aid into Gaza or face a weapons cutoff Since then: - Israel govt data show fewer aid trucks entering Gaza - 8 aid groups said the situation has worsened But the US is sidestepping its own deadline bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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"The Biden administration warned Israel that it must improve an “increasingly dire” humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip within 30 days, suggesting the US may be compelled by law to cut the flow of US weapons if the situation doesn’t improve" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…



Elon Musk met with Iran UN ambassador on Monday for more than an hour Discussed how to defuse tensions between Iran and the US "Musk has emerged as the most powerful private citizen in the Trump transition, and has sat in on nearly every job interview" nytimes.com/2024/11/14/wor…


China borrowed in dollars, for the first time since 2021 And it marketed the deal in Saudi, not in more familiar venues like London, New York and Hong Kong bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


IEA forecasts don't look good for oil prices: - Demand will grow by less than 1 mn barrels/day in 2024 & 2025 - Supplies from US, Brazil, Canada, Guyana will grow by 1.5 mn - Result: A supply glut of 1 mn barrels in 2025, even if OPEC+ doesn't raise output bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


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Dollar's global rally continues following Trump's election victory. Meanwhile, the lira has remained nearly flat, while Egypt's pound has shown resilience with only a limited decline, outperforming other emerging market currencies. Very good deal for carry traders as both…

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Saudi replaces CEO of Neom: - Out goes Nadhmi Al-Nasr, in comes Aiman Al-Mudaifer - Total budget to build the futuristic city was initially said to be $500 billion - Other estimates put it as high as $1.5 trillion bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


Trump & oil supply: "Days before being elected .. president, Donald Trump made a bold promise that he’d slash energy prices by 50% “I’ll get those guys drilling,” he told supporters .. “If they drill themselves out of business, I don’t give a damn”" bloomberg.com/news/newslette…?


Oil: Multiple signs of demand weakness • OPEC cut 2024 demand growth forecast to 1.8 mn barrels/day from 2.2 mn in July • Oil price is down 17% since July to $72 per barrel • OPEC+ twice delayed planned production hikes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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GCC: "Diplomats and people close to regional governments say they are also wary [Trump] could give .. Netanyahu more licence to escalate .. and to raise tensions with Iran, risking an all-out conflict that could spill over into the Gulf states" ft.com/content/d22b5a…


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Significant use of words by #Saudi Crown Prince MBS: condemns Israel's "genocide" in #Gaza *Calls for establishment of #Palestine state after phone call with #Trump *Saudi Arabia is building closer ties with #Iran al-monitor.com/originals/2024… via @AlMonitor


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We were honored to host H.E. Faisal Alibrahim, Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning, as a recent guest speaker in MEI Senior Fellow Dr. @ZiadMDaoud's study group. His Excellency shared insights on the Kingdom's Vision 2030 plan and engaged with student participants.

We discussed Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 at my study group at Harvard a few days ago We were lucky to have the Saudi Minister for Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim join the session, and answer questions from students

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Does Trump election threaten Iran oil supply? - Trump maximum pressure choked off Iran exports in 2019, but flows are up 2.5 times since then - An oversupplied market gives Trump room to pressure Tehran - But sanction evasion has advanced in recent years bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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