The US administration’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, coming alongside the recent EM sell-off, means that it has been a terrible month for financial markets across the Middle East and North Africa. Equity markets have slumped and dollar bond spreads have widened sharply in some of the smaller economies, such as Bahrain and Lebanon.
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