There is a clear government tendency nowadays to shift its deficit financing from local borrowing in Jordanian dinars to foreign borrowing in dollars, in the form of Eurodollar bonds, with or without the guarantee of the American treasury. Those who agree with or encourage this

The latest statement on the Jordanian economy, issued by the International Monetary Fund on December 19, 2013, contained a set of estimates covering that year (2013). The IMF estimates came very close to reality since they were made late in the year, when the economic situat

There is nowadays a worldwide trend favouring the imposition of a ceiling on the cash and other benefits companies’ executives and chairmen of the boards draw. It is believed that those at the top of banks and major companies exceed all reasonable limits by granting th

Tables of the gross domestic product (GDP) pertaining to the third quarter of 2013, which were published by the Department of Statistics at the end of the fourth quarter, were disappointing.