Friday 4 May 2018

RPT-COLUMN-Saudi Arabia wants higher prices to kick oil addiction: Kemp | Reuters

RPT-COLUMN-Saudi Arabia wants higher prices to kick oil addiction: Kemp | Reuters:

"Saudi Arabia’s financial position has stabilised as a result of the increase in oil prices as well as efforts to raise non-oil revenues and trim government spending.

But the country probably needs even higher prices and revenues in the next few years to pay for its ambitious transformation programme while maintaining internal stability.

The kingdom’s foreign reserves stood at $493 billion at the end of March 2018 and have been basically stable for eight months after declining steadily for nearly three years."



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