This week on Marketplace Middle East

(CNN) -- In Focus -- Palestinian Securities Exchange

What happened to the Palestinian Securities Exchange, after a surprisingly golden year in 2005? The PSE was way out in front of the world's other exchanges, with trading values reaching more than $2 billion. But the financial excitement following Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was quickly overshadowed a year later by Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections.

The PSE collapsed, from a daily turnover of $12 million in 2005 to about $6 million on a good day last year. Nowhere else in the region do political and economic factors have such a heavy influence on the performance of the capital market. MME investigates if there will be a second chance for the young and volatile Palestinian market?

Facetime with Abdulkarim Abu Al Nasr

This week Saudi Arabian inflation hitting a 30 year peak and policymakers and businessmen are grappling with the challenge. MME sits down with Abdulkarim Abu Al Nasr, CEO of NCB, the first Saudi-owned bank and the largest bank in the region. Abu Al Nasr talks to MME about Saudi infrastructure, deploying record oil revenues, Middle East banking consolidation, and ensuring the lowest rungs of society benefit from oil wealth.

Watch the show this week at the times (GMT) below:

Friday: 08:15, 19:45
Saturday: 05:45
Sunday: 07:15 E-mail to a friend