Jordanian Economic Perspective وجهة نظر اقتصادية أردنية

سيطرت كلمة "استثمار" على تصريحات وخطابات ووعود الدكتور بشر الخصاونة، رئيس الوزراء، منذ تشكيل حكومته في 12 تشرين الأول 2020. ويجر...

Unemployment is a manifestation or result of many problems that have chronically plagued the Jordanian economy. Tackling unemployment in Jor...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers worldwide acted aggressively to sustain their economies. The global operating view w...

It has become common practice to say  that we, in Jordan, are heading the way of Lebanon; that is, what happened there would happen here. Th...

Ministerial Cabinets tend to have a short life span in Jordan. Many times the performance is measured by public opinion without quantificati...

An increase in exports is always welcome news. Recent trade reports indicate that national exports have increased by 20.1 percent and import...

Currently, Jordan is ranked 36th in the world  in terms of the ratio of remittances to the GDP. The countries that are ranked higher than Jo...

Jordan’s foreign direct investment (FDI) ratio to GDP has been falling almost steadily over the last 17 years. Can the recent government mea...

The doomsayers in Jordan are talking  about unmatched inflationary pressures that will fully eclipse the economy. The highest unemployment r...

When analyzing Jordan’s unemployment problem, some tend to place the blame on the labor force itself, especially university graduates. The p...

Two weeks ago, The Economist published the article “Arab governments are putting more taxes on the poor”, in which Jordan was mentioned amon...

It is true that the Ministry of Labor is not responsible for creating jobs, but it is also true that it can destroy jobs through labor polic...

Not a week goes by in Jordan without a rumor or a semi-learned exposition spelling negativity spreading over social media. The spread of soc...