MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 26/11/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome. It is time for your newspaper of economic news.
00:12We start in Morocco with the statistics of the technical activity of insurance and re-insurance companies.
00:19The issued premiums reached more than 45 billion dirhams at the end of September,
00:24an increase of 4.8% compared to the same period a year earlier.
00:29According to the control authority of social insurance,
00:33these premiums are distributed on the V-segment with 19.64 billion dirhams
00:40and not V-segment with 25.36 billion dirhams.
00:44In the V-segment, the test segments save support dirhams
00:48by scoring respective increases of 4.8% to 2.59 billion dirhams
00:54and 3.3% to 16.18 billion dirhams,
00:58while the savings segment supports units of account at 17.7% to 861.5 million dirhams.
01:07As for the non-V-segment, the premiums in the automotive segment have exceeded 11.83 billion dirhams,
01:16while the technical risks have displayed the strongest drop at 12.1%.
01:23In national economic news as well, Royal Air Maroc announces
01:27it has received its 10th Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Mohamed V airport in Casablanca.
01:35The delivery of this aircraft marks a first step in the execution of the follow-up development plan
01:41to the contract signed with the government in July 2023.
01:46Note that a 11th Dreamliner should be delivered before the end of this year.
01:51With these two additional aircraft, Royal Air Maroc will launch new direct links such as Sao Paolo, Toronto and Beijing.
01:59In Morocco, the internet market has always seen notable progress,
02:04with an increase of 6.5% at the end of September, totaling 42.1 million subscribers
02:11and yet the penetration rate has a record of 112.7%.
02:17According to the Directorate of Treasury and Foreign Affairs,
02:20this rate rose to 106.8% at the same time a year earlier and to 74.1% in 2019.
02:28Mobile telephony has also continued to grow,
02:32thus reaching 60.3 million subscribers,
02:36an increase of 5.2% after a 4.9% increase the previous year,
02:41with a record penetration rate of 161.3% against 154.8% a year earlier and 133.5% in 2019.
02:54As for fixed telephony, it recorded an increase of 6.4%,
03:00bringing its share to nearly 3 million subscribers after an increase of 7.6% the previous year.
03:07In international economic news,
03:10the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel has plunged all economic indicators in Lebanon into the red.
03:16A new report from the World Bank evaluates the cost of the war to $8.5 billion for the country.
03:23In its provisional assessment of damages and losses in Lebanon,
03:27the International Organization estimates the number of homes destroyed or damaged to 100,000
03:32and notes that nearly 170,000 people have lost their jobs.
03:37Economists and international organizations agree that the war has precipitated the fall of the GDP.
03:44The country indeed went from a GDP of $54 billion in 2018 to a GDP of $20 billion the previous year
03:53and according to estimates, it should still drop to 15% this year.
03:58Among the affected sectors, we note tourism, which usually accounts for 25% of the GDP,
04:04followed by agriculture.
04:06In the border areas with Israel, 65,000 olive trees perished in the bombings,
04:12not counting that only a minority of exploiters were able to harvest them.
04:17We continue our journal in Germany, where the Gross Domestic Product recorded a slight rise of 0.1% in the third quarter
04:25compared to the previous quarter after a decline of 0.3% in the second quarter.
04:31According to the figures published by the Federal Office for Statistics,
04:35over a year the GDP corrected price effects, seasonal variations and calendar effects,
04:41showing a drop of 0.3% compared to the previous quarter.
04:46This modest recovery is mainly based on an increase in consumption spending
04:52of 0.3% for households and 0.4% for the state.
04:57On the other hand, investments have slightly decreased,
05:00with decreases observed in construction and equipment.
05:03Foreign trade has weighed on the German economy, exports having fallen by 1.9%,
05:10particularly goods.
05:12At the same time, imports have slightly increased by 0.2%.
05:16On the German economy side, 46.1 million people were active in the third quarter of this year,
05:24an increase of 66,000 people compared to the same period of the previous year.
05:30This is the end of our edition today.
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