{"id":680644,"date":"2026-07-08T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:04:12","slug":"bank-al-maghrib-moroccos-financial-system-shows-resilience-in-2025-despite-global-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680644\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Al-Maghrib: Morocco\u2019s Financial System Shows Resilience in 2025 Despite Global Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agadir \u2013 Morocco\u2019s financial system continued to demonstrate resilience in 2025 despite persistent global uncertainties, according to the Systemic Risk Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CCSRS).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following its twenty-third meeting, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bkam.ma\/Communiques\/Communique\/2026\/Vingt-troisieme-reunion-du-comite-de-coordination-et-de-surveillance-des-risques-systemiques\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), the committee said the country\u2019s financial sector remains supported by a strong economy and solid financial safeguards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Moroccan financial system continues to demonstrate resilience, supported by strong fundamentals and generally comfortable prudential buffers,\u201d the committee said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The committee noted that Morocco\u2019s economy benefited from favorable weather conditions and strong non-agricultural activity in 2025, with economic growth accelerating to 4.9%, up from 4.4% in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to BAM\u2019s projections, growth is expected to reach 5.2% in 2026 before easing to 3.1% in 2027, assuming an average cereal harvest.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation remained low at 0.8% in 2025 and is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/06\/323971\/bank-al-maghrib-expects-inflation-in-morocco-at-1-5-in-2026-2-1-in-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">projected<\/a> to rise gradually to 1.5% in 2026 and 2.1% in 2027, while the current account deficit is expected to widen temporarily before narrowing again in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also pointed to continued fiscal consolidation, noting that the budget deficit narrowed to 3.5% of GDP in 2025 and is expected to stabilize at 3.4% over the next two years. Meanwhile, Morocco\u2019s Treasury debt ratio is projected to decline gradually to 65.1% of GDP by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The banking sector <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/03\/283030\/bam-global-economy-faces-growing-risks-from-geopolitical-tensions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recorded<\/a> another year of strong performance, with credit to the non-financial sector increasing by 6.5% in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The insurance sector also maintained strong momentum, with total premiums rising 7.5% to MAD 63.2 billion ($6.9 billion) in 2025. Net profit climbed 21.4% to MAD 5.3 billion ($580 million), pushing the sector\u2019s return on equity to 11.1%, its highest level in a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, unrealized investment gains reached a record MAD 62.5 billion ($6.8 billion), reflecting strong stock market performance after two consecutive years of gains in the MASI (Moroccan All Shares Index), the Casablanca Stock Exchange\u2019s main benchmark index.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The committee nevertheless warned that public sector pension schemes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/06\/325952\/agr-forecasts-bank-al-maghrib-to-hold-key-interest-rate-at-2-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">continue<\/a> to face structural imbalances despite improvements linked to salary increases introduced under the April 2024 social dialogue agreement.<\/p>\n<p>It stressed that a comprehensive pension reform remains necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of Morocco\u2019s retirement system.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agadir \u2013 Morocco\u2019s financial system continued to demonstrate resilience in 2025 despite persistent global uncertainties, according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[227285,84,227286,227287,1294,1431,227288,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-680644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bank-al-maghrib-bam","tag-business","tag-casablanca-stock-exchange-market","tag-economic-growth-in-morocco","tag-economy","tag-inflation","tag-moroccos-financial-system","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}