مدي 1 تي في : النشرة الاقتصادية - 22/03/2025
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00:00Welcome to the Economy segment.
00:11The high demand for planning has led to a rise in the number of consumer goods in February
00:162025, by 0.3% compared to the previous month.
00:22The high demand for planning has led to a rise in the number of consumer goods by 0.6%,
00:29and the low demand for non-nutritional goods by 0.2%.
00:32The high demand for non-nutritional goods recorded between January and February 2025,
00:38in particular,
00:39fruit prices by 3.3% and vegetables by 2.7%,
00:44as well as fish, seafood, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, tea and cocoa prices by 1%.
00:51On the contrary, meat prices fell by 0.7% and oils and fats by 0.6%.
00:58As for non-nutritional goods, the rise is also due to burning prices by 1.9%.
01:10The International Monetary Fund has approved a grant of $496 million to Morocco,
01:15in the form of a third payment to the Solidarity and Sustainability mechanism.
01:19The fund explained that the Moroccan economy has shown its ability to withstand,
01:22despite being dry for another year,
01:26and is expected to grow rapidly in the medium term,
01:29thanks to its investments and continued financial reforms.
01:32This new funding raises the total amount allocated to this program to about $1.2 billion.
01:39The International Monetary Fund said that despite the new wave of drought,
01:44economic activity has not slowed down,
01:46except in a mild way,
01:47which is expected to decrease by 3.2% from 2024 onwards,
01:52and 3.4% in 2023, thanks to strong domestic demand.
01:59The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
02:00who is in charge of relations with the Parliamentary Regional Parliament in the name of the government,
02:05Mostafa Beitas, said that the average rainfall recorded in Morocco from August 2024
02:12to March 19, 2025 was 113.9 mm,
02:17and Beitas noted following a meeting of the previous Thursday's government council
02:21that this drop represents an interest of 88.1% compared to that recorded in the previous year,
02:28which was 60 mm,
02:30but it represents a deficit of 18.3% compared to the annual rate.
02:38Since February 22,
02:41the Kingdom has seen significant rainfall drops,
02:43exceeding the recorded rainfall rate during the same period last year
02:49by 130% which contributed significantly to reducing the water shortage.
02:54The Moroccan Central Bank and its previous partners
03:01have decided on the first meeting of the Council in 2025
03:08to reduce the main interest rate for the second and third time since June
03:14by 25.2% to 2.25%.
03:19The Moroccan Central Bank has decided to take into account
03:22the development that is expected to grow at a steady level
03:25with the aim of stability, prices, and strengthening the dynamics of growth and operation,
03:29where the Central Bank made it clear that the average rainfall recorded in 2024
03:35was 0.9% and is expected to remain at the controlled levels in the current year.
03:44The US Federal Reserve has set interest rates in a range ranging between 4.25% and 54%
03:51according to its expectations to end the last two-day meetings
03:56that ended on April 4.
04:01This decision was made at a time when President Donald Trump's
04:05new Republican threat to the efforts of Egypt in the Central Bank
04:09to boost the rate of growth in the largest global economy.
04:12The Federal Reserve reduced its expectations for the growth of the economy
04:15by 1.7% to 2.1% in 2025,
04:20with a previous estimate of 2.8% to 2.5% at the end of the year.
04:27The Federal Reserve said that the uncertainty about the future of the economy
04:31has risen, indicating that expectations indicate a reduction of the interest rate
04:35by 50 points in 2025.
04:38The Economic Cooperation and Development Agency said that the government bonds
04:46and the bonds of the companies that are eligible worldwide
04:49exceeded $100 trillion last year, with an increase in the interest rate,
04:53which makes borrowers face difficult choices
04:56and need priority giving for productive investments.
04:59While the Central Banks are now lowering interest rates,
05:02the borrowing costs are still much higher than they were
05:06before the increase in interest rates in 2022.
05:09Therefore, the exchange of low-interest loans will continue,
05:12which is likely to increase the borrowing costs in the future.
05:15At a time when governments are facing huge spending costs,
05:19the German parliament agreed this week on a large-scale plan
05:22to strengthen infrastructure and support the payment of European defense spending
05:26or energy aid.
05:27On the horizon, long-term costs range from green transformation
05:30to housing prices for large economies.
05:37This concludes our weekly story.
05:39Thank you for watching and goodbye.