IMF says global market uncertainty weighing down on economies across Middle East and North Africa

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(1 May 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 30 April 2025 1. Wide of street with Burj Khalifa in the background 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia at the IMF: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT3- "The first issue is uncertainty. Uncertainty has negative impact on growth, and in this report we show that uncertainty could have direct impact on growth to 2% to 2.5% and if it’s not addressed