JT Economie - 14/10/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to this new edition of the Média1 economic newspaper.
00:13We start in Morocco, where airports welcomed 21.4 million passengers at the end of August,
00:20or 18.6% more than in the same period a year earlier.
00:24According to the National Office of Airports, this progression concerns the majority of airports,
00:30of which Rabat Saleh with more than 42%,
00:33Dakhla Marrakech Agadir with more than 35%,
00:37Tangier more than 20% and Titoan with more than 29%.
00:40Regarding international air traffic, it increased by 17.71% compared to the end of August 2023,
00:48or more than 19.1 million people received.
00:52This growth is explained by the good performance of markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle and Far East.
00:59As for air traffic, it recorded an increase of 22.33% to more than 60,376 tons at the end of August.
01:09Still in Morocco, the Mohamed VI Investment Fund aims to triple capital investment investments,
01:17with a target of 50 to 60 billion dirhams,
01:20thanks to 15 funds selected of a total size of 18.5 billion dirhams.
01:26These funds cover strategic sectors such as industry, tourism, agriculture and logistics.
01:32According to the Director General of the Mohamed VI Investment Fund, Mohamed Ben Sha'aboun,
01:37these funds will help companies to develop, to access new markets and to strengthen their governance.
01:43The program also aims to attract managers of international funds in Morocco.
01:48As a reminder, the fund contributes to the financing of infrastructure projects
01:52via private public partnerships supporting sectors such as energy and water,
01:57while stimulating the country's economic growth.
02:00Before closing the page, know that the kingdom ranks among the five countries
02:06that have improved their business environment the most over the past two decades.
02:11According to the Index of the Economist Intelligence Unit,
02:14between 2003 and 2023, it occupies fourth place out of 82 countries
02:19and is the first position in the Middle East and North Africa region.
02:24It should be noted that the Index of the Economist Intelligence Unit
02:28is worth 91 indicators, divided into 11 categories,
02:32including politics, economy and infrastructure.
02:35In international economic news, despite global geopolitical tensions,
02:40international commodity trade is doing rather well.
02:44The World Trade Organization has slightly revised its growth forecasts.
02:49For the current year, trade should progress by 2.7%
02:55and no more than 2.6% as predicted last April.
02:59Growth would rise to 3% next year.
03:02In total, the volume of trade in the first half of this year
03:06was still higher than 18% in 2015.
03:10The Index is evaluating the container traffic of 92 world ports,
03:15representing 64% of world trade reached in August
03:19without a higher level ever recorded.
03:21Traffic has increased in China, Northern Europe and the rest of the world.
03:26Over the first eight months of the year,
03:27the total flow of containers is up 5.7%.
03:32Europe should see a drop of 1.4% of its exports this year,
03:38while its imports decreased by 2.3% according to the WTO.
03:44Direction now to China, where inflation slowed in September.
03:48According to the National Bureau of Statistics,
03:51the index of consumption prices increased by 0.4% in September
03:56on a year after a 0.6% increase in August on a year.
04:00This figure is lower than the 0.6% forecast on average by analysts.
04:06The 0.6% increase recorded in August, the highest since February,
04:12had aroused the hope of a resumption of consumption.
04:15China announced on Saturday a massive recourse to public debt
04:19to support its economy at a loss of speed,
04:22targeting in particular the real estate market and banks.
04:25At the end of 2023, the country had plunged into deflation for four months,
04:29with the strongest contraction of consumption prices in 14 years in January.
04:35This is the end of our edition today.
04:36Excellent continuation of the programs on our antenna.