MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 02/01/2025
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00:00Hello and welcome, it's time for your economy news.
00:11The Moroccan fund transfers to foreigners have reached more than 108.67 billion dirhams
00:19by the end of November 2024, a 2.8% increase compared to the same period in 2023.
00:27According to the Exchange Office, the balance of services displays an excess of 123.28 billion dirhams in return of 0.5%.
00:36This decline is attributed to an increase in service imports of the order of 13.8%, higher than that of exports at 6.3%.
00:46Travel revenues amount to 104.47 billion dirhams, an increase of 97.47 billion dirhams recorded a year earlier,
00:58while travel expenses amounted to 26.70 billion dirhams, a 20.2% increase.
01:08We stay in Morocco with the last report of the High Commissioner for National Savings.
01:13It is located at 26.9% of gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2024, instead of 26.7% a year earlier.
01:24This evolution takes into account the slowdown of national final consumption,
01:28its value at 5%, instead of a rise of 9.7% recorded a year earlier, with a rise of 6% of GDP at the current price and a drop of 3.3% of net revenues received from the rest of the world.
01:43Gross domestic product revenue increased by 5.4% in the third quarter, instead of 9% in the same quarter of 2023.
01:53Gross domestic product investment accounted for 30.7% of GDP instead of 28.5% during the same quarter of the previous year.
02:04Thus, the need for financing of the national economy experienced an increase, from 1.8% of GDP to 3.8%.
02:13Still in Morocco, the suspension of national accounts in the third quarter of 2024 brought out an improvement in national economic growth.
02:22It was established at 4.3% instead of 3% during the same period of the year 2023.
02:28According to the High Commissioner for National Savings, this growth, drawn from the domestic demand, was realized in a context of control of inflation and aggravation of the need for financing of the national economy.
02:40Non-agricultural activities have shown an increase in volume of 5.1%, while those in the agricultural sector have recorded a drop of 5.2%.
02:50In this context, given the increase in tax volume on net products, subsidies of 8% instead of 4.2%, gross domestic product showed an increase of 4.3% instead of 3% during the third quarter of 2023.
03:07Now let's move on to international economic news. Qatar recorded a commercial surplus of $15.8 billion in the third quarter of 2024, against $16.7 billion during the same period of 2023.
03:23According to the National Planning Council, the total export value of the country, including local goods and exports, reached 87.8 billion rials in the third quarter, a drop of 2.2% compared to 89.8 billion rials recorded during the same period of the year 2023.
03:46Qatar's imports in the third quarter reached 30.1 billion rials, a drop of 4.1% compared to 28.9 billion rials during the same period of 2023.
04:01Direction now France, the sales of new cars remained at a very low level in 2024, with more than 1.7 million private vehicles registered, while the sales of electric vehicles have marked the step.
04:16According to the latest figures, the unstable political situation from the dissolution of the National Assembly has strongly slowed the market after a start of a year, however marked by an increase in sales.
04:29Despite a last rebound in December, the registration of new cars fell by 3.2% the previous year, even 22% less than in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic.
04:43In addition, the sales of electric vehicles, which previously knew a phenomenal rise, have this time receded. They had bounced 47% in 2023 compared to the previous year. In 2024, they fell by 2.2% despite the implementation of electric social leasing.
05:02This is the end of our edition today, excellent follow-up of the programs on our antenna.
05:13Thank you for watching