While the consumption demand would remain high, there are strong indications that investment has picked up – though perhaps not fully captured by national accounts statistics. Rising investment demand is confirmed by: First, the rise in gross fixed capital formation over the last two years by 29.6% in nominal terms and by about 9.8% in real terms.
Factors driving cross-sector linkages and interdependencies  First and foremost, IFIs’ depositors/borrowers desire to conduct financial transactions that are Shariah compliant. It can be assumed that a person preferring to bank with an Islamic bank will also seek to use other faith-based financial services such as Takaful and Islamic mutual funds.