Governor of Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), Abdellatif Jouahri, was named “Best Central Banker in Africa for 2024” by the London-based financial and international affairs magazine “The Banker”, affiliated to the “Financial Times” group. The Banker’s Central Banker of the Year 2024 awards celebrate the officials who have best managed to stimulate growth and stabilize their economy. […]
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Morocco’s economic growth to drop to 0.7% due to drought, war in Ukraine
Morocco’s central bank revised downwards this year’s growth forecast to 0.7% amid rising inflationary pressures due to fallout of the war in Ukraine and as Morocco faces an unprecedented growth. The Bank said Morocco’s cereals harvest will drop to 25 million quintals from 103 million quintals last year, amid a 57% rainfall deficit which meant […]
Morocco’s Central Bank governor among World’s 10 best performers
Governor of Morocco’s Central Bank Abdellatif Jouahri maintained his ranking among the 10 best performing peers in the globe, Global Finance said in its Central Banker Report Cards 2021. The Central Banker Report Cards, published annually by Global Finance since 1994, grade the central bank governors of 101 key countries and territories including the European […]
Morocco well-placed to transform pandemic crisis into opportunity – Central Bank chief
By taking a series of economic and social reforms, Morocco is best equipped to transform the crisis propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity, governor of Morocco’s central bank Abdellatif Jouahri said. King Mohammed VI has ordered a set of reforms that helped mitigate the impact of the crisis, said Jouahri in a […]
Morocco, uncompromising on its territorial integrity despite financial cost- Central Bank Governor
Morocco’s central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said that defending Morocco’s territorial integrity and supreme national interests takes primacy whatever the cost. Answering a question about the recent spat with Spain, Jouahri was clear-cut saying that Morocco’s response was not dictated by economic calculations but rather by the quest to safeguard the nation’s supreme interest. Morocco […]




