Morocco’s current account deficit has been pushed up to a 27-year high by a combination of weaker export demand from the euro-zone and the higher cost of commodity imports. Nonetheless, an IMF funding line will help to prevent a balance of payments crisis in the immediate term. And further out, if global commodity prices were to fall (as we expect), the current account deficit should start to narrow.
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