TABLE-Oman budget deficit shrinks 36 pct in first seven months | Reuters

TABLE-Oman budget deficit shrinks 36 pct in first seven months | Reuters:

Oman's state budget deficit for the first seven months of 2018 plunged 36.3 percent from a year earlier to 1.65 billion rials ($4.27 billion) as oil revenues rose sharply, data from the Finance Ministry showed on Monday.