“Arab criticism” expects inflation rates in the region to decline

The Director General of the Chairman of the Arab Monetary Fund, Dr. Fahd bin Muhammad Al -Turki, said that inflation in the Arab region is expected to witness a gradual decrease despite the challenges facing some of our Arab countries.

He added during his participation in the “Public Finance Forum for Arab States” in its ninth edition, which started during the preliminary day of the World Government Summit 2025, in Dubai that the Fund’s expectations indicate that economic growth rates in the Arab region will witness an acceleration to approach the growth rates of emerging economies to reach about 4.5% in 2025.

He continued: The flexibility of the global economy in the past five years has been affected in light of the negative impact of crises and geopolitical developments on growth rates, inflation, and unemployment, which prompted governments to take unprecedented economic measures to maintain economic and financial stability, as these measures had an important impact on debt and financial space Available, which affects the ability of the global economy to respond to the impact of any future shocks.

Design future financial policies

The Public Finance Forum for Arab States, in its ninth edition, which started during the preliminary day of the World Government Summit 2025, focuses on designing future financial policies to be more efficient, ensuring improving the various challenges facing current policies, including debt challenges and future challenges, in light of Strict financing restrictions worldwide.

The forum is organized in cooperation between the “Arab Monetary Fund” and the “International Monetary Fund” and the Ministry of Finance in the UAE.

The forum includes dialogue sessions entitled “total economic developments and their repercussions on the financial situation”, “financial policy design options in the face of increased debt pressures”, “financial policy and the ability to withstand climate change”, “and structural transformations … renewal of tax systems from The largest economic changes, “in the presence of the Excellencies of Finance Ministers and the governors of the central banks in the Arab countries.