Sovereign Sukuk issuance to drop in 2022 as fiscal deficits narrow: Moody's

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MG News | February 22, 2022 at 12:51 PM GMT+05:00

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February 22, 2022 (MLN): Global long-term sovereign Sukuk issuance is set to drop to $73 billion in 2022 and $75 billion in 2023, from $88 billion in 2021, including issuance by multilateral development banks, Moody's Investors Service said in a report today.

"We expect issuance to fall as government deficits continue to narrow because of higher oil prices, lower coronavirus-related expenditure and accelerating economic activity in core Sukuk-issuing countries," said Alexander Perjessy, VP-Senior Analyst at Moody's. "Issuance volumes already dropped 22% in 2021, with the largest decline from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) sovereigns, mainly Saudi Arabia."

Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey - will decline to $92 billion in 2022 from $118 billion in 2021 and $194 billion in 2020. The aggregate fiscal positions of the GCC sovereigns, excluding Kuwait, will improve to a surplus of $50 billion in 2022 from a surplus of $13 billion in 2021 and a deficit of $112 billion in 2020. These projections are based on the 2022 average oil price assumption of $75/barrel, the report noted.

The report is of the view that the new entrants into the sovereign Sukuk market present a small upside risk to its issuance projections. The potential passage of Kuwait's new public debt law and Egypt's recent approval of the Sovereign Sukuk Law will support these countries' sovereign Sukuk issuances in the medium term.

Pakistan (B3 stable) returned to the Sukuk market with a seven-year issuance in January 2022, its first Sukuk since 2017. This issuance, together with the recently approved $1 billion disbursements from the IMF's Extended Fund Facility, will help shore up the economy's international reserves amid a sharp widening of the current account deficit.

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