But these countries too have been confronted with falling incomes, investment and employment since the price of oil began to decline in 2015. Foreign and domestic investors are deterred also by the political risks, according to surveys by the International Monetary Fund, trapping the region in a vicious cycle of decline and instability. Their fast friendship was on display when Trump met al-Sisi at the U.N. General Assembly in the fall of 2017. In the Middle East, Bidens team must deal with Irans nuclear ambitions and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. (Tasneem Alsultan for The Washington Post)While the IMF projected an overall 4.1 percent decline in 2020 for economies in the Middle East and Central Asia, in line with the rest of the world, the figures mask far deeper hits to some countries.
The cost of oil prices is on the rise.
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The cost of oil prices is on the rise .
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