Morning Brief January 23th, 2024

ECONOMIC HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | BANKS | The number of banking branches amounted to 5,641 at the end of June 2023
According to the latest dashboard on banking system indicators released by Bank Al-Maghrib, the number of banking branches in Morocco amounted to 5,641 at the end of June 2023 against 5,715 at the end of December 2022.

| NIGER | INFLATION | An inflation rate of 7.2% in December 2023
According to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), Niger's Harmonized Consumer Prices Index shows an increase of 0.3% in December 2023 compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, the inflation rate stood at 7.2%.
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