Every Jordanian government undertook to reduce its current expenditure. Every economic columnist dealing with the budget has called for the reduction of current expenditure.Both parliament and senate demanded a reduction in current expenditure.

Where did the money go, was the sensitive question asked by an outspoken activist. It gained popularity due to its implied accusation of corruption.In fact this is a wrong question and should be reversed.If the government is spending more than its revenue, which is causing t

Prime Minister Hani Mulki’s government is firmly committed to four documented programmes to guide its economic and financial policies. The first is the King’s appointment letter, which detailed the policies of all political economic and social aspects.

Most recent data by the Ministry of Finance indicates that Jordan’s gross domestic debt has risen during the first quarter of this year by JD76 million only.The government has withdrawn JD100.4 million from its deposits with banks, which raised net public debt to JD176.4 million.

Even though the National Agenda was shelved immediately upon its completion, we can go back to the agenda in 2017, the year that was set in the agenda as a target date for the fulfilment of its major objectives.Now that 2017 is upon us, it may be appropriate to compare the planne

On June 7, 1999, four months after His Majesty King Abdullah took the lead of the country, I published an article in Al Rai newspaper in an attempt to give a picture of the state of the economy as at the end of 1998 to serve as a reference to compare what will be achieved after a

The economic reform programme agreed upon with the IMF was formulated during the first half of 2016 and is due to be implemented starting in the second half of the year.Therefore, 2017 is the first full year under reform.This year’s programme calls for economic growth rate to be

There is an old but persisting question: Why does the world go forward, while we stay back?This is a basic question that few dare answer.

The World Bank claimed in a recent report that one third of the Jordanian population may fall below the poverty line within a year.This unpleasant statement caused worry, even though there is nothing new about it.The statement calls attention to a possibility, but it does not nec