MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 20/12/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to the Economy newspaper.
00:11Inflation in Morocco should record a rebound to reach 0.8% in the fourth quarter,
00:17against 1.3% in the previous quarter according to the recent forecasts of Banca al-Marriba.
00:23This decline is mainly attributable to the drop in prices of fuels and lubricants,
00:28which should drop from 2.8% to 12.4% in connection with the downward trend of international oil products.
00:37In parallel, the prices of food products at volatile prices would also show a slight rebound.
00:43It should drop from 0.6% in annual flows in the fourth quarter,
00:47after an average decrease of 1.1% in the previous quarter.
00:52This evolution takes into account data from the month of October,
00:55trends observed on the markets of growth and seasonal effects on these products.
01:00Still with the latest data from Banca al-Marriba,
01:03the private debt in Morocco reached 276.4 billion dirhams at the end of October,
01:10a figure that marks an 8% increase since the beginning of the year.
01:15This momentum reflects an intensification of emissions on this market,
01:19which totaled 8.4 billion dirhams in October, against 4.4 billion in September.
01:26Despite this increase, private debt emissions recorded a 7.4% drop in the third quarter,
01:33reaching 23.3 billion dirhams.
01:36This decline is mainly due to a decrease in interest rates,
01:40which amounted to 13 billion dirhams,
01:43falling compared to the 19.6 billion recorded in the previous quarter.
01:48On the other hand, non-financial companies saw their emissions plummet to 7.1 billion dirhams,
01:54against only 1.9 billion previously.
01:58At the top of national news, the National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water
02:03and German cooperation have signed a 50 million euro contract
02:08to fund a resilient drinking water supply program to the climate.
02:12This program aims to secure and strengthen access to drinking water in several Moroccan towns,
02:17including Rafsaï, El Hajebaïn, El Gdah, Bouderbela, Souq el Gour and Mheya.
02:23It also plans to improve the performance of water supply systems in various regions of the kingdom.
02:29In addition, this partnership is part of a long-standing collaboration between the two institutions,
02:35which began in the 1980s and now includes solutions focused on climate resilience in the production of drinking water.
02:43In international economic news,
02:45the registration of new electric cars in Europe has decreased by 9.5% in November
02:52over a year plumbed by French and German markets.
02:56According to the European Association of Manufacturers,
02:59this decline in zero-emission cars was superior to that of the market,
03:03all motorization confused, which had eroded by 1.9% compared to November 2023.
03:09Of the main European national markets,
03:12France and Germany saw a drop in their registration of electric cars last month,
03:17respectively of 24.4% and 21.8%.
03:22As a result, on a European scale,
03:24the share of electric cars fell to 15% against 16.3% in November of the previous year.
03:31Direction to the United States now.
03:33The US Federal Reserve announced that it had dropped for the third time in a row
03:38its main 25-point base rates,
03:40bringing them to a fork between 4.25% and 4.50% in line with market expectations.
03:49According to the Institute's Monetary Policy Committee,
03:52inflation has significantly slowed in recent years,
03:56but it remains relatively high compared to the long-term goal of 2%,
04:01while the institution now plans a 2.5% PCE index at the end of 2025
04:07and a 2% return by the end of 2026 only.
04:11The other index of consumption prices, the CPI,
04:14on which pensions are indexed, rebounded in November at 2.7% over a year.
04:20Note that the PCE inflation index,
04:22which the Federal Reserve wants to bring back to 2%,
04:25will be published on December 20.
04:27This is the end of our edition today.
04:29Good luck with the programs.