Morning Brief of January 28th 2025

ECONOMIC HEADLINES

| MOROCCO | OFFICIAL RESERVE ASSETS | An increase of 4% y-o-y as of January 17th 2025
As of January 17th 2025, Official Reserve Assets reached MAD 368.4 Bn. These show an increase of 4.0% year-on-year and 0.1% compared to the previous week.

| BURKINA FASO | FOREIGN TRADE | Reduction of the trade deficit at the end of September 2024
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD), Burkina Faso's exports show an increase of 25.2% at the end of September 2024 to FCFCA 2,510.4 Bn. Likewise, imports rose by 8.9% to FCFA 2,832.8 Bn. In this context, the trade balance shows a deficit of FCFA -322.3 Bn at the end of September 2024 compared to FCFA -597.3 Bn a year earlier.

 

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