Live Trading News | Low Oil Prices, Conflict Weigh on Middle East's Prospects International Monetary Fund The Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan region as a whole continues to see subdued growth, owing to spreading and deepening regional conflict as well as lower oil prices, the IMF said in its latest regional assessment. The IMF's ... Mideast Oil Exporters Face $1 Trillion Budget Pinch Gulf should adjust to new oil price 'reality': IMF Low Crude Oil Prices Hurt GCC Economies, Expect More Subsidy Reforms |