The data showed that credit to the private sector climbed for the fourth consecutive month in July while consumers also spent more, with point of sale transactions up by about a quarter on a year earlier.
Vast wealth and the promise of dramatic change make for cautious optimism concerning Saudi Arabia, the chief executive…
34 Views | the publication reaches you by | Saudi Arabia Today“We continue to believe that steady oil prices and higher oil output coupled with better non-oil growth will aid the Kingdom’s economic recovery this year,” Al-Rajhi said in a note to clients.
“In addition, the Public Investment Fund’s first commercial loan worth $11 billion is likely to provide a boost to government spending, thereby helping the Kingdom to transform the economy in future,” Al-Rajhi said.
Last month the IMF said it expected real GDP growth to increase to 1.9 percent in 2018 with non-oil growth strengthening to 2.3 percent.
The IMF was broadly upbeat on the Saudi banking sector with credit and deposit growth although weak, expected to strengthen due to higher spending and non-oil growth.
Bank profitability was also expected to increase as interest margins widen and banks remain well capitalized, the lender said.
CENTRO Olaya, the sixth by Rotana Hotel in Saudi Arabia and the third in Riyadh, was inaugurated on…
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
