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Qatar Quarterly Export Revenues At 7-Year High
...ports was the highest in MEES quarterly figures stretching back to 2013, as Qatar benefitted from the strongest market for refined products since its 146,000 b/d Ras Laffan II condensate splitter started up in December 2016 (MEES, 6 January 2017). ...
Volume: 64Issue: 45Published at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 -
Iraq Appoints KPMG To Audit Key China Oil-For-Infrastructure Credit Line
...tractive Industries Transparency Initiative, these deductions were paused from 2015 to 2017 when Iraq faced “security constraints” as ISIS took large swaths of the country. After the UN-mandated Kuwaiti deductions, the funds are then moved to an oil settlement account in China where deductions ar...
Volume: 64Issue: 45Published at Fri, 12 Nov 2021 -
Saudi Arabia Expects Large Budget Deficits Until 2022
...SR1,048bn ($279bn) from SR1,106bn ($295bn - see table). The Saudi Finance Ministry issued its pre-budget statement for 2020 on 31 October. For 2020, the ministry projects the deficit will widen to SR187bn ($50bn), its highest figure since 2017 and equivalent to 6.5% of GDP. The reason for this 43...
Volume: 62Issue: 45Published at Fri, 08 Nov 2019 -
Saudi 9M Stats Show Kingdom Almost In The Black: Too Good To Be True?
...Freshly-released official Saudi figures show the kingdom’s deficit falling to just $13.1bn for the first three quarters of 2018, and just $2bn for each of Q2 and Q3. The nine-month deficit is down a whopping 60% from the $32.4bn deficit over the corresponding period of 2017. Pro-rating th...
Volume: 61Issue: 45Published at Fri, 09 Nov 2018 -
Adnoc Makes $9bn Splash In International Finance Markets
...onomies. Saudi Arabia is the biggest government lender, with a recent $12.5bn bond. The Abu Dhabi government last month issued a $10bn three-tranche international bond and the Adcop bonds take to $53.5bn the amount raised by GCC international bond issues so far 2017 (MEES, 6 October). Among state pe...
Volume: 60Issue: 45Published at Fri, 10 Nov 2017 -
Saudi Investment & Fundraising: What A Difference A Year Makes
...change reserves are unlikely to fall much beyond their current level in the coming years. “In terms of the fiscal position, we expect the kingdom’s budget deficit to narrow to around 7.5% of GDP in 2017. Meanwhile, the dollar revenues that the international bond sale brings will also help to finance th...
Volume: 59Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2016 -
IMF Poised To Approve Egypt Loan
...valued pound and to a higher Brent oil price than that assumed in the original budget. Electricity tariff rates will not increase before the beginning of the next fiscal year which starts on 1 July 2017, a spokesman of the Electricity Ministry says. But after the devaluation, the ministry will incur ad...
Volume: 59Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2016 -
Kuwait Bonds On Track
...Kuwait’s plans to tap the international bond market to finance the 2016-17 budget deficit are firming up. Minister of Finance Anas al-Salih says Kuwait will raise KD2.9bn ($9.6bn) in dollar-denominated bonds in Q1 2017. The issue will not only diversify the sources of government revenue, it wi...
Volume: 59Issue: 45Published at Fri, 11 Nov 2016 -
S&P Downgrades Saudi, Riyadh Rejects Assessment
...mpromized political and economic stability, the agency says. Absent a strong increase in oil prices, S&P forecasts that Saudi Arabia’s fiscal deficit will only gradually narrow in the coming years: to 10% of GDP in 2016, 8% in 2017 and 5% in 2018, as planned fiscal consolidation measures begin to gain tr...
Volume: 58Issue: 45Published at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 -
Saudi Economy Will Remain Coupled To Oil Prices
...en “based on planned fiscal consolidation measures” the deficit will be 10% of GDP in 2016, 8% in 2017 and 5% in 2018 “absent a rebound in oil prices,” S&P adds (see p18). NO GOOD OPTIONS Unlike previous episodes of oil price decline, Saudi Arabia has maintained oil output despite the 60% fa...
Volume: 58Issue: 45Published at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 -
Jordan Looks To Slash Deficit In 2015 Budget
...e objective of controlling and boosting the efficiency of public spending. The budget estimates annual GDP growth at 4% in 2015 (in line with the IMF’s latest estimate) and 4.5% for 2016 and 2017. On the expenditure side, current spending is estimated at JD6.9bn ($9.729bn), up 2.9% from 2014, ma...
Volume: 57Issue: 45Published at Fri, 07 Nov 2014 -
IMF: Hydrocarbon Dependence Leaves GCC Exposed
...ending These levels of spending however are unsustainable in the longer-run, the IMF said, suggesting the GCC members should plan to reduce their government spending to make budgets more sustainable. Failure to do so could result in the group’s combined surplus turning into a deficit by as early as 2017...
Volume: 55Issue: 45Published at Fri, 02 Nov 2012