FINANCIAL MARKET HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | LABEL VIE | Current income up 20% in 2022, ordinary DPS raised to MAD 86.36
ECONOMIC HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | SURVEY | Production capacity utilization rate down to 72% in January 2023
The results of Bank Al-Maghrib's monthly business survey show a drop in production and sales during the month of January 2023, compared to the previous month. In this context, the production capacity utilization rate stands at 72% against 74% in December 2022. Meanwhile, orders would have remained stable during the same period with order books lower level than their normative level.
| MOROCCO | VEHICULES | Sales down 11% at the end of February 2023
In February 2023, sales of new cars in Morocco amounted to 11,864 units, down 12.1% compared to February 2022. In this context, cumulative sales since the beginning of the year recorded a decline of 10.6% to 23,197 units. In more detail, sales of passenger vehicles fell by 7.8% to 21,282 units and those of light commercial vehicles dropped by 33.0% to 1,915 units.
| TUNISIA | INFLATION | An inflation rate of 10.4% in February 2023
According to Tunisia’s National Institute of Statistics (INS), the Consumer Prices Index increased by 0.5% in February 2023 com-pared to the previous month. Year-on-year, the inflation rate stands at 10.4% against 10.2% in January 2023.
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