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Saudi Arabia Prioritizes Investment Despite Budget Deficits
...rging by $34.5bn to a five-year high of $65.3bn, preliminary Ministry of Finance figures show (see table). This is more than double the originally budgeted figure of $26.9bn. Having run just one budget surplus since 2014, government debt levels have been on the rise in recent years. From just $38bn in...
Volume: 68Issue: 49Published at Fri, 05 Dec 2025 -
Saudi Arabia Doubles Deficit Forecast For 2025
...reseeable future, but strong economic growth in recent years means that as a share of GDP, the deficits are expected to be considerably less than over the 2014-2020 period. By way of comparison, this year’s forecast $65.3bn deficit is comparable with 2017’s $63.6bn figure. But while the 2017 deficit was eq...
Volume: 68Issue: 40Published at Fri, 03 Oct 2025 -
Algeria Facing Fiscal Vulnerabilities Despite Recovery, IMF Warns
...y risks that include “global trade disruptions, conflicts including in the Middle East, and related commodity price volatility,” among others. 1: ALGERIA’S OIL OUTPUT IS DOWN 300,000 B/D SINCE THE LAST BID ROUND IN 2014, WITH THE FALL ONLY PARTLY DUE TO OPEC+ OUTPUT RESTRICTIONS* (‘00...
Volume: 68Issue: 39Published at Fri, 26 Sep 2025 -
Gulf NOCs Tap Into World-Leading US LNG Sector
...amco in the race. Indeed, QatarEnergy was by far the earliest mover, having agreed in 2014 to convert its Golden Pass LNG import terminal (QatarEnergy 70%, ExxonMobil 30%) into an export terminal (MEES, 11 July 2014). More than a decade later, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad al-Ka...
Volume: 68Issue: 20Published at Fri, 16 May 2025 -
Saudi Budget Deficit Swells To Largest Since 2021
...er the same period, despite capital investments falling by $1.8bn to a two-year low of $7.4bn. These all combined to push the budget deficit up to $15.7bn, which was the highest quarterly figure since 4Q 2021’s $18.2bn. Indeed, it is the worst start to the year since 2016, at the height of the 2014...
Volume: 68Issue: 19Published at Fri, 09 May 2025